Word · Frequency #6147
hamming
夸张表演;表演过火
hamming is the present participle of ham.
to overact; to act with exaggerated emotion
常与 it up 连用,如 ham it up。
- 1.
To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.
表演过火;以夸张的情感表演。
表演过火;以夸张的情感表演。;演得过火
In use
The actor hammed it up during the final scene, making the audience laugh.
Stop hamming and deliver your lines naturally!
He always hams his role in school plays.
ham it up
这是最常用的固定搭配,意思是“夸张做作地表演”;it 不能换成其他词。
The actor really hammed it up in the final scene.
那位演员在最后一个场景里确实表演过火了。
ham up [something]
也可写作 ham [something] up;名词宾语可放在 up 前后,代词则必须放在中间,如 ham it up。
She hammed up the love scene.
她把那场爱情戏演得夸张过火。
Verb forms
base ham · third person hams · -ing hamming · past hammed · past participle hammed
动词ham常指过度做作地表演,尤其在舞台上。
Common mistakes
He was very ham in the school play.He hammed in the school play.
“ham”是动词,表示“表演过火”,不是形容词,不能放在 be 动词后作表语;这里应用过去式 hammed。
His ham made everyone laugh.His hamming made everyone laugh.
“ham”作名词指“火腿”或“滥演员”,不能表示“夸张表演”这一行为;作主语时要使用动名词 hamming。
He hammed the play.He hammed in the play.
“ham”是不及物动词,不能直接接“the play”作宾语;要表达“在剧中表演过火”,需要用介词 in 引出表演的场合。
Connections
Collocations
- ham it up
- 表演过火;夸张表演
- He loves to ham it up whenever he tells a story.他讲故事时总喜欢夸张表演。
- ham up a scene
- 把一场戏演得过火
- The comedian hammed up the scene to make the audience laugh.那位喜剧演员把这场戏演得过于夸张,逗得观众大笑。
- ham it up for the camera
- 在镜头前夸张表演
- She always hams it up for the camera at family gatherings.在家庭聚会上,她总在镜头前夸张表演。
Idioms & figurative uses
- ham it up
- 表演过火;夸张地表演The actor really hammed it up in the dramatic scene.那位演员在戏剧场景中表演得非常夸张。
Synonyms
- overact
- 夸张表演;过火地演戏 · 最通用,正式和非正式语境均可使用。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 ham 想成‘火腿’:一只大火腿在台上拼命抢戏、动作夸张,就是表演过火(hamming)。
Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:戏剧表演、喜剧表演、日常口语 作为动词时,通常用于非正式场合,多指在戏剧或影视表演中夸张做作,比较常见于“ham it up”这类表达。
Grammar Note
通常用于短语 ham it up 中,表示表演过火
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 ham 押韵,读音均以 /æm/ 结尾。注意拼写中含 ham 的 hammock /ˈhæmək/、hamster /ˈhæmstər/ 发音并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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