clamp
US: /ˈkɫæmp/
UK: /klˈæmp/
UK: /klˈæmp/
English Vietnamese dictionary
clamp /klæmp/
- danh từ
- đống (gạch để nung, đất, rơm...)
- đống (gạch để nung, đất, rơm...)
- ngoại động từ
- chất thành đống, xếp thành đống
- chất thành đống, xếp thành đống
- danh từ
- cái kẹp, bàn kẹp; cái giữ (nói chung)
- cái kẹp, bàn kẹp; cái giữ (nói chung)
- ngoại động từ
- cặp, chặt lại; kẹp chặt lại, giữ chặt lại
- (thông tục) (+ down upon) kiểm soát chặt chẽ hơn
- (thông tục) (+ down) tăng cường (sự kiểm tra...)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb
1 ~ A to B
~ A and B (together) to hold sth tightly, or fasten two things together, with a clamp: [VN] Clamp one end of the plank to the edge of the table. + Clamp the two halves together until the glue dries. [also VN-ADJ]
2 [+adv./prep.] to hold or fasten sth very tightly so that it does not move; to be held tightly: [VN] He had a cigar clamped between his teeth. + She clamped a pair of headphones over her ears. + I clamped a hand on his shoulder. + A mobile phone was clamped to her ear. + [V] Her lips clamped tightly together.
3 [VN] [often passive] (BrE) to fix a clamp to a car's wheel so that the car cannot be driven away: Her car had been clamped. + She'd been (= her car had been) clamped.
Phrasal Verbs: clamp down (on sb/sth) to take strict action in order to prevent sth, especially crime: a campaign by police to clamp down on street crime + The US government is clamping down on drugs.
related noun CLAMPDOWN
clamp sth on sb (especially AmE) to force sb to accept sth such as a restriction or law: The army clamped a curfew on five towns.
+ noun
1 a tool for holding things tightly together, usually by means of a screw
2 (also wheel clamp) (both BrE) (AmE Denver Boot, boot) a device that is attached to the wheel of a car that has been parked illegally, so that it cannot be driven away
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 clasp, vice, brace, clip, fastener:
Use a clamp to hold the pieces together till the glue dries.
v.
2 fasten (together), clip (together), bracket, make fast, clasp:
You should clamp the planks together and plane the edges of both.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
firmly, tight/tightly | together
Clamp the pieces of wood together while the glue sets.
PREP.
around/round
She clamped her arms around him.
| on/onto
He clamped his hand firmly onto Jack's shoulder.
| over
A large hand clamped over her mouth.
| to
The dog's jaws werwe clamped to his leg.
PHRASES
clamped between your teeth
He had a large cigar clamped between his teeth.
| clamp shut
His mouth clamped shut.
PHRASAL VERBS clamp down
ADV.
hard
PREP.
on
to clamp down hard on bullying
Concise English dictionary
clamps|clamped|clampingklæmp
noun
+a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
verb
+fasten or fix with a clamp
+impose or inflict forcefully
