Word · Frequency #12008
clamor
/ˈklæmɝː/
verb
大声要求;强烈要求
make loud demands
- 1.
make loud demands
大声要求
大声要求;喧嚷;大声地要求
In use
The fans clamored for another song after the concert.
Citizens are clamoring for safer streets in their neighborhood.
Many workers clamor for better pay and shorter hours.
he clamored for justice and tolerance
Verb forms
base clamor · third person clamors · -ing clamoring · past clamored · past participle clamored
Connections
Collocations
- clamor for change
- 强烈要求变革
- Protesters clamored for change in the streets.抗议者在街头强烈要求变革。
- clamor for attention
- 强烈要求得到关注
- The issue is clamoring for attention.这个问题亟需得到关注。
- clamor against
- 大声反对
- Residents clamored against the new factory.居民们大声反对新建工厂。
- clamor for action
- 强烈要求采取行动
- Citizens clamored for action on climate change.市民强烈要求在气候变化问题上采取行动。
- clamor to be heard
- 大声要求被倾听
- The crowd clamored to be heard above the noise.人群大声要求自己的声音能盖过噪音被听到。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:clam(蛤蜊)+ or,想象一群蛤蜊齐声大喊“or”,强烈要求开壳,即“大声要求”。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:news reporting、formal writing、public discourse 作动词表示“大声要求”时通常用于正式或书面语境,多用于新闻报道和公开呼吁中,口语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
喧嚷,大声要求(常与for或to不定式连用)
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 clamor 完全押韵的有 hammer、stammer、grammar、glamour(/æmɚ/)。注意 clamber 和 clam 是拼写相似但读音不同:clamber 读 /ˈklæmbər/,里面有 /b/;clam 读 /klæm/,没有 /ɚ/ 尾音。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.