clam

IPA（発音記号）

/klæm/

名詞

アメリカ英語複数形俗語軽蔑的卑語くだけた表現古風

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

日本語の意味

食用の二枚貝、すなわち、貝殻が二枚で構成された軟体動物。 / 特に食用として利用される様々な種類の二枚貝（例：ハマグリ、アサリなどを含む）。

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At low tide, I found a clam buried in the sand and couldn't resist examining its patterned shell.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

干潮時に砂の中に埋まっている二枚貝を見つけ、その模様のある殻を思わず調べてしまった。

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My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out. Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.

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