clamp
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A clamp is a device that holds two things firmly together. 夾具
Many openers have a magnet or set of clamps to grip the open lid. 許多開啟器是用磁鐵或夾具來夾緊要開啟的蓋子。
2. N-COUNT A clamp is a large metal device which is attached to the wheel of an illegally parked car or other vehicle in order to prevent it from being driven away. The driver has to pay to have the device removed. 丹佛鎖扣 (用來鉗鎖違章停車的汽車輪子)[英國英語]
I watched a couple of cops put a clamp on a green Mercedes. 我看到幾個警察給一輛綠色奔馳車加上丹佛鎖扣。
3. V-T When you clamp one thing to another, you fasten the two things together with a clamp. 用 (夾具) 夾緊
Somebody forgot to bring along the U-bolts to clamp the microphones to the pole. 有人忘記帶來把麥克風(fēng)夾在支桿上的U型螺栓。
4. V-T To clamp something in a particular place means to put it or hold it there firmly and tightly. 把…夾緊; 固定
Simon finished dialling and clamped the phone to his ear. 西蒙撥完號碼,把話筒緊夾在耳朵上。
He clamped his lips together. 他緊閉雙唇。
5. V-T To clamp an illegally parked car means to fit a device to one of its wheels so that it cannot be driven away. 鎖扣 (違章停放的車輛)[英國英語]
Though the city will no longer clamp cars, illegally parked vehicles will be towed. 盡管該城將不再鎖扣車輛,違規(guī)停放的車輛將被拖走。
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