clamp
音標(biāo)：
美音：/kl?mp/，英音：/kl?mp/

聽聽基本釋意：

見原文：https://engapi.com/article/4527

外刊例句：
Lawmakers on a House Judiciary subcommittee Thursday pressed government watchdogs on how to clamp down on the FBI’s use of warrantless surveillance of American citizens through its spying on foreign nationals.
眾議院司法小組委員會的議員周四向政府監(jiān)管機構(gòu)施壓，要求他們?nèi)绾沃浦孤?lián)邦調(diào)查局通過監(jiān)視外國人來對美國公民進(jìn)行無證監(jiān)視。
—Washington Times

However, she said Labour was not committing to “wholesale repeal” of the new law introduced by the Conservatives last week, which has been criticised for clamping down on the rights of peaceful protesters.
不過，她表示，工黨并不承諾“全面廢除”保守黨上周提出的新法律，該法律因壓制和平抗議者的權(quán)利而受到批評。
—BBC

Government ministers, who are currently passing legislation to clamp down on online abuse, should be particularly careful in their use of language, or risk becoming a target themselves.
目前正在通過立法打擊網(wǎng)絡(luò)濫用行為的政府部長在使用語言時應(yīng)特別小心，否則自己就有成為攻擊目標(biāo)的風(fēng)險。
—BBC

基本釋意：
noun
a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
v. （用夾具）夾緊，夾?。痪o緊抓住，牢牢固定?。?lt;英>給（車輛）上夾鉗；保持（電信號）電壓極限在規(guī)定水平

同義詞：
clinch

短釋義：
Carpenters, woodworkers, and plumbers all use clamps when they want to hold things together while they wait for glue to dry or need their hands free. When you use this kind of device, you can also say you clamp something: “Clamp that board down for me before I turn the saw on.” Clamp most likely shares a Germanic root with the word clam — *klam-, “to press together.”
夾子是一種用于將兩個物體緊緊固定在一起的工具。修理椅子時，最好使用夾子將膠合部件牢固地固定在一起。

長釋義：
Carpenters, woodworkers, and plumbers all use clamps when they want to hold things together while they wait for glue to dry or need their hands free. When you use this kind of device, you can also say you clamp something: “Clamp that board down for me before I turn the saw on.” Clamp most likely shares a Germanic root with the word clam — *klam-, “to press together.”
木匠、木工和水管工在等待膠水干燥或需要騰出雙手時，都需要使用夾子將東西固定在一起。當(dāng)你使用這種設(shè)備時，你也可以說你夾住了某物：“在我打開鋸子之前，為我夾住那塊木板?！?Clamp 很可能與 clam 這個詞有共同的日耳曼詞根 — *klam-，“壓在一起”。

文學(xué)例句：
I don’t remember screaming, but the next thing I knew, Mr. Gaston had his hand clamped over my mouth.
我不記得我尖叫過，但接下來我知道的是，加斯頓先生用手捂住了我的嘴。
—The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

I try to answer back and find both of my hands are clamped tightly over my mouth.
我試圖回答，但發(fā)現(xiàn)我的雙手緊緊地捂住了我的嘴。
—Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

He didn’t have time to scream before another shark clamped its mouth over his head.
他還沒來得及尖叫，另一條鯊魚就用嘴捂住了他的頭。
—Adrift by Paul Griffin

詞源：
clamp?(n.)device for fastening or holding, c. 1300, probably from Middle Dutch clampe (Dutch klamp), from Proto-Germanic *klam-b- “clamp, cleat;” cognate with Middle Low German klampe “clasp, hook,” Old High German klampfer “clip, clamp;” also probably related to Middle Dutch klamme “a clamp, hook, grapple,” Danish klamme “a clamp, cramp,” Old English clamm “a tie, fetter,” perhaps from the same root as Latin glomus “ball-shaped mass” (see glebe).It took the place of earlier clam “clamp, brace,” from Old English clamm “bond, fetter, grip, grasp” (see clam (n.)).Related entries & more

下面是詞源的翻譯（機器翻譯比較難翻，參考著看）
用于緊固或固定的夾具（n.）裝置，c． 1300，可能源自中古荷蘭語 lampe（荷蘭語 klamp），源自原始日耳曼語 *klam-b-“夾子，夾子；”與中古低地德語 klampe“扣子，鉤子”同源，古高地德語 klampfer“夾子，夾子；”也可能與中古荷蘭語 klamme“夾子、鉤子、抓斗”、丹麥語 klamme“夾子、抽筋”、古英語 clamm“領(lǐng)帶、腳鐐”有關(guān)，可能與拉丁語 glomus“球形物質(zhì)”同根（它取代了早期的蛤“夾子，支撐”，來自古英語蛤“結(jié)合，束縛，抓握，抓握”（參見蛤（n.））。相關(guān)條目及更多