Word · Frequency #29799
lam
逃跑;逃走
核心释义
to run away; to flee
- 1.
逃跑,溜走
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
- 2.
痛打;狠揍
give a thrashing to; beat hard
痛打;抽打;逃跑,溜走;痛打;狠揍;打;鞭笞
用法In use
The farmer lammed the donkey with a stick to make it move.
用法提示:“lam”作动词,意为“用棍棒打”,此处用过去式“lammed”表示具体动作。
In the old days, teachers would lam disobedient students with a ruler.
用法提示:“lam”作动词,表示“鞭笞”,后接宾语“disobedient students”,体现惩罚性动作。
The bully was lamming the smaller boy when a teacher intervened.
用法提示:“lam”的现在分词“lamming”强调正在进行的击打动作。
lam sb/sth
打,击打
He lammed the door with his fist.
他用拳头猛击门。
lam from somewhere
逃脱,逃跑
The prisoners lammed from the jail.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- lam it
- 逃跑;溜走
- When the police arrived, the burglars lammed it.警察一到,窃贼们就溜走了。
- lam into
- 痛打;猛击
- The gang lammed into the stranger with bats.那伙人用棒球棍猛打那个陌生人。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- on the lam
- 在逃;躲避追捕The thieves have been on the lam ever since the robbery.自抢劫案发生以来,那些小偷一直在逃。
- take it on the lam
- 逃跑;溜走The accountant took it on the lam with a briefcase full of cash.那个会计带着满满一公文包现金逃走了。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想:lam 像 lamb(羊)少了 b,羊遇险会拼命逃跑;谐音“擂”,擂人即狠揍。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:informal speech、crime/escape narratives、descriptions of physical fighting lam 的两个义项都比较口语化:作“逃跑”解时通常出现在非正式叙述或犯罪、逃亡题材中;作“痛打”解时多用于口语化地描写打斗场面。注意根据上下文判断意思,该词不算高频。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词都与 lam 的 /læm/ 押韵;lamb 拼写里有不发音的 b,但读音完全相同。注意形近词 lame /leɪm/ 与 lam 发音不同:lame 的元音是长 /eɪ/。
一起学习词形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.