- [uncountable, countable]
meat from the top part of a pig’s leg that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke) 火腿；火腿肉 a slice of ham 一片火腿 a ham sandwich 火腿三明治 a breakfast of ham and eggs 火腿鸡蛋早餐 cold ham and salad 凉拌火腿色拉 We had boiled ham on the bone for dinner. 晚餐我们吃的是炖带骨火腿。 The hams were cooked whole. 这些火腿是整条烹制的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lean
- baked
- boiled
- …
- piece
- slice
- eat
- have
- bake
- …
- roll
- salad
- sandwich
- …
- [countable]
a person who sends and receives radio messages as a hobby rather than as a job 无线电通讯爱好者 a radio ham 无线电通讯爱好者
- [countable] (informal)
(often used as an adjective 常用作形容词 an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions 拙劣演员（尤指表演过火者） a ham actor 表演过火的演员
- [countable, usually plural] (informal)
the back part of a person’s leg above the knee （人的）大腿后部
Word Originnoun sense 1 and noun sense 4 Old English ham, hom (originally denoting the back of the knee), from a Germanic base meaning ‘be crooked’. In the late 15th cent. the term came to denote the back of the thigh, hence the thigh or hock of an animal. noun senses 2 to 3 late 19th cent. (originally US): perhaps from the first syllable of amateur; compare with the US slang term hamfatter ‘inexpert performer’. Sense (2) dates from the early 20th cent.