ham
gb/hˈæm/ us/hˈæm/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 8300
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
A2
entity
1
cured meat from a pig
Meat from a pig’s back leg, usually salted or smoked, that people eat in sandwiches or with meals.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a slice of [ham]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes use "ham" to mean any pork. In English, "ham" is usually the back leg of the pig, often cured or smoked, not all types of pork. Many learners also confuse "ham" with "bacon"; bacon is usually from the belly or back and cut into thin strips.
คำพ้องความหมาย
pork (General word for meat from a pig; not limited to the hind leg or cured meat.)
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gammon (BrE; similar cut from the hind leg of a pig, often sold raw for cooking rather than already cured and ready to eat.)
คำตรงข้าม
vegetables (Represents non-meat food, often chosen instead of meat like ham.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
sliced ham
|cooked ham
|cured ham
|ham sandwich
|ham and cheese
|ham and eggs
หัวข้อ
food
|daily life
|food_drink
ตัวอย่าง
- She made a simple ham sandwich for lunch.
- We usually serve baked ham at Christmas dinner.
- He bought some sliced ham and cheese at the deli.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I had bread with ham for breakfast.
- She put ham and cheese in the sandwich.
- They cooked a big ham for the party.
คำนาม
informal
B2
entity
2
person who overacts or shows off
A person who acts too much or behaves in a loud, funny way to get people to look at them.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] is a real ham
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes think this meaning is always negative. In everyday English, calling someone a "ham" is often friendly or joking, not a strong insult, though it can be mildly critical in a professional acting context.
คำพ้องความหมาย
show-off (Broader; any person who likes attention, not just in acting or performance.)
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overactor (More literal and neutral; used mainly for actors, without the humorous tone of "ham".)
คำตรงข้าม
understated actor (An actor who plays a role in a quiet, natural way, without exaggeration.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
a real ham
|such a ham
|a bit of a ham
|old ham
|comic ham
|ham actor
หัวข้อ
entertainment
|personality
|arts_entertainment
|communication
ตัวอย่าง
- He’s such a ham, always making funny faces when a camera is around.
- The director told the young actor to stop being a ham and play the scene more naturally.
- She’s a bit of a ham and loves to tell stories in a big, dramatic voice.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- My brother is a real ham at family parties.
- The child was a ham and sang very loudly on stage.
- Don’t be a ham; just speak in a normal voice.
คำกริยา
informal
B2
action
3
to overact or exaggerate performance
To act or behave in a way that is too big and dramatic, usually to make people laugh or look at you.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to ham [a scene] up
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes use "ham" as a verb without "up" (for example, *"He hammed the scene"*). While this is sometimes possible, the most natural and common form is the phrasal verb "ham it up" or "ham [something] up".
คำพ้องความหมาย
overact (More formal and neutral; used mostly for actors, without the playful tone of "ham".)
คำตรงข้าม
underplay (To perform in a quiet, restrained way, opposite of exaggerating a role or reaction.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
ham it up
|hamming it up
|hamming for the camera
|ham up the scene
|ham up the joke
หัวข้อ
entertainment
|communication
|arts_entertainment
ตัวอย่าง
- The kids loved hamming it up for the camera.
- He really hammed up the speech, waving his arms and shouting for effect.
- She tends to ham up every joke until it becomes almost like a mini performance.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The actor hammed it up and made everyone laugh.
- Please don’t ham it up; just tell the story.
- They were hamming it up on stage for the school play.
คำนาม
informal
B2
entity
4
amateur radio hobbyist
A person who uses radio as a hobby to talk with other people, not as a job.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] is a ham
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes think "ham" here is short for "Hamilton" or another name. In radio, "ham" is a traditional nickname for amateur radio operators and is not related to the food meaning.
คำพ้องความหมาย
amateur radio operator (More formal and technical term; used in official or serious contexts.)
คำตรงข้าม
professional radio operator (Someone who operates radio as part of their job, not as a hobby.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
ham radio
|licensed ham
|radio ham
|ham operator
|ham club
หัวข้อ
technology
|hobbies
|communication
ตัวอย่าง
- He’s been a ham for over thirty years and still loves talking to people around the world.
- Every weekend the local hams meet to test their equipment and share tips.
- As a teenager, she became a licensed ham and built her own antennas.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- Her father is a ham and talks to people on the radio at night.
- Many hams help with radio communication during emergencies.
- The club has new classes for people who want to become hams.
คำนาม
slang
C1
entity
5
large thighs or buttocks (slang)
A slang word for the top part of the leg or the bottom, when it looks very big or strong.
รูปแบบการใช้:
[someone] has big hams
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may misunderstand this slang use and think it always means the food. In this sense, "hams" is almost always plural and used only for the body, usually in a joking or slightly rude way.
คำพ้องความหมาย
thighs (Neutral body-part term; does not carry the humorous or critical tone of "hams".)
คำตรงข้าม
skinny legs (Describes legs that are very thin, opposite in size or build to what "hams" suggests.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
big hams
|thick hams
|hams and calves
|flex his hams
หัวข้อ
body
|slang
|daily_life
ตัวอย่าง
- The football player’s huge hams were clear even under his uniform.
- He joked about needing bigger pants to fit his hams.
- The wrestler flexed his hams for the cheering crowd.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- He has big hams from doing heavy work.
- They laughed about his strong hams at the gym.
- Her hams look very strong from all the running.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
ham
IPA
GB/hˈæm/
US/hˈæm/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
ham (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (ham)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: ham
- Plural: ham, hams
Verb
- Base: ham
- 3rd Person Singular: hams
- Present Participle: hamming
- Past: hammed
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
hams
noun
hamming
verb
hammed
verb
Advanced or less common
hammy
adjective
จุดสำคัญด้านไวยากรณ์
- Irregular present participle: hamming Verb
- Irregular past: hammed Verb
วลีและสำนวน
ham and cheese
1/hˈæm ˈænd t͡ʃˈiz/
fixed phrase
dish or sandwich with ham and cheese
Food, usually a sandwich or hot toast, that has both ham and cheese in it.
ตัวอย่าง
- I’ll have a ham and cheese sandwich, please.
- She made hot ham and cheese melts for dinner.
- They served small ham and cheese rolls at the meeting.
ham and eggs
1/hˈæm ˈænd ˈɛɡz/
fixed phrase
meal of ham with eggs
A simple meal, usually breakfast, made with cooked ham and eggs together.
ตัวอย่าง
- He ordered ham and eggs with coffee at the diner.
- We had ham and eggs every morning on the trip.
- Ham and eggs is a classic American breakfast.
ham it up
1/hˈæm ˈɪt ˈʌp/
phrasal verb
informal
overact or exaggerate for effect
To act or behave in a very big, funny, or silly way so that people will notice or laugh.
ตัวอย่าง
- The kids hammed it up on stage and the audience loved it.
- Whenever there’s a camera around, she can’t help but ham it up.
- He started hamming it up for the tourists as soon as they pointed their phones at him.
ham radio
1/hˈæm ɹˈeɪdioʊ/
fixed phrase
amateur radio hobby and equipment
Radio equipment and the hobby of using it to talk to other people for fun, not as a job.
ตัวอย่าง
- He spends most weekends working on his ham radio in the garage.
- Many ham radio operators helped relay messages during the storm.
- She got interested in ham radio after hearing a talk at school.