clamp
[klæmp]
n. 夹钳

vt. 夹,

[] 卡

[医] 夹, 夹

1. He clamped the reading lamp onto the edge of the table.
   把夹桌。
2. This clamp is mine.
   夹。
3. The Government intends to clamp down on soccer hooliganism.
   政府拟措施严禁足球赛闹。

clamp
[ noun ]

1. a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together

<noun.artifact>

[ verb ]

1. fasten or fix with a clamp

<verb.contact>
clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened

2. impose or inflict forcefully

<verb.communication>
The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital

Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[a^]mp), n. [Cf. LG. & D. klamp, Dan. klampe,
also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. {Clamber}, {Cramp}.]
1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together;
a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces
together.

2.
(a) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is
held in its place or two parts are temporarily held
together.
(b) (Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or
inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.

3. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft
material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to
grasp without bruising.

4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's
side, used to sustain the ends of beams.

5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for
roasting, or of coal for coking.

6. A mollusk. See {Clam}. [Obs.]

{Clamp nails}, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.


Clamp \Clamp\ (kl[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clamped}
(kl[a^]mt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. {Clamping}.]
1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to
place in a clamp.

2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]


Clamp \Clamp\, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. {Clank}.]
A heavy footstep; a tramp.


Clamp \Clamp\, v. i.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

The policeman with clamping feet. --Thackeray.