a can of spam
名词用法,指罐头午餐肉;spam 在此为不可数名词,常用 a can of 表示“一罐”。
I opened a can of spam for breakfast.
我打开了一罐午餐肉当早餐。
午餐肉;罐头猪肉
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
午餐肉;罐头猪肉
a canned meat made largely from pork
I opened a can of spam for breakfast.
我打开了一罐午餐肉当早餐。
A large quantity or multitude of anything done repetitively or considered unusually or indiscriminately repetitive.
主要由猪肉制成的罐装肉
a canned meat made largely from pork
A type of tinned meat made mainly from ham.
未经请求的电子垃圾邮件(通常为商业性质的大规模发送)
unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
I fried some spam and eggs for breakfast this morning.
今天早上我煎了一些午餐肉和鸡蛋。
She bought a can of spam at the supermarket for the camping trip.
她在超市买了一罐午餐肉,准备露营时吃。
This sandwich tastes a bit like spam.
这个三明治尝起来有点像午餐肉。
名词用法,指罐头午餐肉;spam 在此为不可数名词,常用 a can of 表示“一罐”。
I opened a can of spam for breakfast.
我打开了一罐午餐肉当早餐。
名词用法,指垃圾邮件;spam 在表示“垃圾邮件”时通常作不可数名词。
My inbox is full of spam.
我的收件箱里满是垃圾邮件。
动词用法,表示向某人大量发送垃圾信息;spam 的过去式和过去分词为 spammed。
He spammed us with promotional emails.
他给我们狂发促销邮件。
动词的被动语态,强调受到大量垃圾信息侵扰。
Our forum was spammed by bots.
我们的论坛被机器人用垃圾信息刷屏了。
Not this
He spamed me yesterday.
Use this
He spammed me yesterday.
动词 spam 变过去式时,词尾是“单元音+单辅音”的重读闭音节,需要双写末尾辅音字母 m 再加 -ed,所以是 spammed 而不是 spamed。
Not this
He spammed to me yesterday.
Use this
He spammed me yesterday.
spam 作及物动词表示“给某人发垃圾邮件”时,直接接宾语,不需要介词 to。spam to someone 是受汉语表达影响产生的错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一罐午餐肉
He opened a can of spam for lunch.
他午餐时打开了一罐午餐肉。
垃圾邮件文件夹
The email went into the spam folder by mistake.
这封邮件被误放进了垃圾邮件文件夹。
垃圾邮件过滤器
The spam filter blocked the phishing email.
垃圾邮件过滤器拦截了那封钓鱼邮件。
垃圾邮件
I receive dozens of spam emails every day.
我每天都会收到几十封垃圾邮件。
标记为垃圾邮件
Please mark this email as spam.
请把这封邮件标记为垃圾邮件。
向用户群发垃圾邮件
They spammed users with fake lottery emails.
他们向用户群发虚假彩票垃圾邮件。
午餐肉,午餐肉,午餐肉,午餐肉。可爱的午餐肉!绝妙的午餐肉!
From the Monty Python 'Spam' sketch (1970), which inspired the use of 'spam' for unsolicited bulk email.
出自巨蟒剧团的《午餐肉》短剧(1970年),该短剧促使人们用“spam”指代大量发送的不请自来的电子邮件。
我不喜欢午餐肉!
Another famous line from the same Monty Python sketch; spoken repeatedly by a character to complain about the overabundance of spam on the menu.
同样出自巨蟒剧团《午餐肉》短剧的著名台词;角色反复说道,抱怨菜单上太多午餐肉。
Use spam naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记忆联想:spam 里的 p 可记作 pork(午餐肉),m 可记作 mail(邮件)——一词两义,靠 p 和 m 区分。
语域:neutral 常见场景:supermarket、recipe、lunchbox 作为“罐头猪肉”义项时,通常用于食品相关的日常场景,如超市、食谱或便当,语气中性;该词源为品牌名,但在一般语境中已作为普通名词使用。
这些词都以 /æm/ 结尾,与 spam 押韵:ham、jam、scam、clam、ram(exam 重音在后,但词尾发音相同)。注意拼写相近的词如 span /spæn/、spa /spɑː/ 与 spam 发音不同,不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.