English Dictionary

clam up

動詞

自動詞 俗語 他動詞

(intransitive, slang) To become silent; to stop talking, to shut up. / (transitive, intransitive) To make or become clammy.

日本語の意味

（口に関して）急に口を閉ざす、口ごもる、黙り込む / （体や皮膚が）湿っぽくなる、冷たく湿る

When questions about the accident came up, she would always clam up and refuse to answer.

事故についての質問が出ると、彼女はいつも黙り込んで答えようとしなかった。

意味（1）

(intransitive, slang) To become silent; to stop talking, to shut up.

Maybe he … or she … was a witness who refused to clam up … a whistle blower …

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive) To make or become clammy.

clams up （ present singular third-person ）

clamming up （ participle present ）

clammed up （ participle past ）

clammed up （ past ）