v.拒不开口; 三缄其口

clams up───v.拒不开口

class up───向上分类

clamour───v.吵闹；强烈要求，大声地要求；强烈抗议；n.喧闹，吵闹声；（民众的）强烈要求

clamp───v.夹紧，固定住；用夹锁锁住（车）；保持（电信号）电压极限在规定水平；n.夹钳，螺丝钳；车轮夹锁（用于锁住违章停放的车辆）；贮藏于稻草（或地底）下的一堆马铃薯（或其它块根蔬菜）；青贮饲料堆的三面结构

team up───v.合作；结成一队；协作

clammed up───v.拒不开口

to clam up───闭嘴

clamming up───v.拒不开口

clamours───v.吵闹；强烈要求，大声地要求；强烈抗议；n.喧闹，吵闹声；（民众的）强烈要求

You can't talk with those peasants. They can clam up as well as the Foreign Office.───你不能跟那些农民谈话. 他们象外交部一样,可能一点口气也不漏.

I do not mean to pry, so there's no need to clam up on me.───我并不想要探听什么, 因此你不必对我守口如瓶.

You should not clam up on him.───你不应该拒绝跟他谈话.

The secret for successful marriage is to clam up during a disagreement.───成功婚姻的秘诀,就是当双方意见不合时,闭上嘴巴.

After giving your price, clam up.───给了你的价格之后, 便要一言不发.

Hey, clam up, will you! I've heard already about how hard you work in the office!───这个人说:“咳, 你别说了,行不行! 我已经听够了你在办公室工作多卖力的 话 了. ”

Don't clam up just when the story is getting interesting.───别到故事正有趣时就不讲了.

Will you clam up! The boss is talking.───请你保持安静! 老板在说话.

It'started off well, but he seemed to clam up towards the end.───刚开始很, 但是最后他似乎有些沉默.

Whenever Bev walked by, Roy got so nervous he would just clam up.───每当Bev走过时, Roy总是紧张得说不出话来.

Normally chatty Mckinsey partners clam up when asked about the race.───平时喋喋不休的麦肯锡合伙人在被问及这场“赛马”的时候三缄其口.

You can't clam up. And you don't want to stutter and stammer.───你不想一声不吭，也不想结结巴巴。

They are afraid he's going to clam up on them.───他们担心他将对他们守口如瓶.

You can't clam up.───你不能沉默。

Every time they were used, the detainee would clam up as they were scared that anything they said would make that pressure increase.───每次使用它们时，受审者都保持沉默，好像他们害怕一旦说了什么，就会增加压力。

A sensitive child is likely just to clam up.

The pedlar clammed up when I mentioned the police.

As soon as I told her my name, she clammed up.

But he clammed up right after that.

He always clammed up when we asked him about his family.

She clammed up whenever I mentioned her husband.

The teacher asked who had thrown the eraser,but the class clammed up.

He just clams up if you ask him about his childhood.

He always clams up when we ask about his family.