In most localities a given species of clam or coral persists essentially unchanged throughout a thick formation of rock, only to be replaced suddenly by a new and different species.(在大多数地方,某一种蛤蜊或珊瑚在厚厚的岩层中保持基本不变,只是突然被一个新的不同的物种所取代。)
At comparative clam time, he would describe Delingha to us, his look was so fascinated!(在他相对平静的时刻,他会对我们描述德令哈,他的表情是那么迷醉!)
I would like to have some clam chowder. It goes well with some crackers.(我想要喝一些蛤蜊浓汤,它们配苏打饼干很好吃。)
Marlin: No clam.(玛林:不是蛤蜊。)
It is uncannily similar in taste and looks to New England clam chowder served in bread bowls.(它的口味和外观与新英格兰的蛤杂烩惊人地相似,都放在面包碗中。)
This small town boasts the best clam chowder in the world.(这座小镇标榜拥有世上最棒的蛤蛎海鲜浓汤。)
Restaurateurs got in the habit of adding flour to make chowder thicker, and now this is what consumers have come to expect constitutes a bowl of clam chowder.(食客们养成了往汤里加面粉的习惯,让杂烩变得更稠,以至于当他们想要一碗蛤蜊杂烩时,他们心里面想的就是这样一碗稠稠的汤。)
All this may soon change, as condos and coffee shops replace the clam bars and ghost trains on the valuable beachside sites.(一旦地价不菲的海岸公寓大厦和咖啡店替换了蛤蜊酒吧和幽灵列车,这一切或将改变。)
You can't clam up.(你不能沉默。)
The empty shell of a snail or clam may be left behind, and if it is sufficiently durable and resistant to dissolution, it may remain basically unchanged for a long period of time.(蜗牛或蛤蜊的空壳可能会被留下来,如果足够持久和抗溶解,它可能会在很长一段时间内基本保持不变。)