ham
n
1
(a) [C] upper part of a pig's leg, salted and dried or smoked for food 火腿
several hams hanging on hooks 挂在钩上的几只火腿.
(b) [U] meat from this 火腿肉: a slice of ham 一片火腿
[attrib 作定语]
a ham sandwich 火腿三明治. Cf 参看 bacon, gammon, pork.
2 [C] (esp of animals) back of the thigh; thigh and buttock (尤指动物)後腿, 股部和臀部.
3 [C] (sl 俚) person who acts or performs badly 拙劣的表演者
He's a terrible ham. 他的表演糟透了.
[attrib 作定语]
ham actors/acting 蹩脚的演员[演出].
4 [C] (infml 口) operator of an amateur radio station 业余无线电台的操作者
a radio ham 业余无线电台的收发报员. ham, v (-mm-) [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (it/sth) (up) (sl 俚) act in a deliberately artifical or exaggerated way; overact 以做作或夸张的方式作表演; 表演过火
Do stop hamming! 不要再做戏了吧!
The actors were really hamming it up to amuse the audience. 这些演员为博观众一粲, 表演得实在太过火了.
New York is built on a group of islands on the east coast of the USA at a point where several rivers flow into the ocean.
纽约市建立在美国东海岸的一群岛屿上,那儿是好几条河流入海的交汇点。
Maori families enjoy sharing what they own and looking after one another.
毛利人家庭喜欢共同分享他们之所有,并乐于相互关照。
So, celebrate your success, and invite your parents to celebrate with you, however hard it may be for them. If you continue to be excited about your future, you may come to educate your parents in the same way.