Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 65
Claim (v. t.) （根據權利）要求；認領；索取；自稱，聲稱；主張 [Y] [+to-v] [+（that）]；值得，需要；（疾病，意外）奪去（生命） To call or name. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Claim (v. t.) To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
Claim (v. i.) 提出要求 [（+on/ for）] To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. -- Locke.
Claim (n.) 要求，認領；主張，斷言 A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
Claim (n.) （根據權利而提出的）要求 [C] [U] [（+for/ on/ to）]；（對某事物的）權利；要求權；所有權 [C] [U] [（+on/ to）]；主張，斷言，聲稱 [C] [+to-v] [+that]；要求物；（移民等）申請產權的土地 [C]；(對保險公司的）索賠 [C] [（+for）] A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant. "A bar to all claims upon land." -- Hallam.
Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim. [U.S. & Australia]
Claim (n.) A loud call. [Obs.] -- Spenser
To lay claim to, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?" -- Shak.
Claim (n.) An assertion of a right (as to money or property); "his claim asked for damages."
Claim (n.) An assertion that something is true or factual; "his claim that he was innocent"; "evidence contradicted the government's claims."
Claim (n.) Demand for something as rightful or due; "they struck in support of their claim for a shorter work day."
Claim (n.) An informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame" [syn: claim, title].
Claim (n.) An established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim" [syn: title, claim].
Claim (n.) A demand especially in the phrase "the call of duty" [syn: call, claim].
Claim (v.) Assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" [ant: disclaim].
Claim (v.) Demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to; "He claimed his suitcases at the airline counter"; "Mr. Smith claims special tax exemptions because he is a foreign resident" [syn: claim, lay claim, arrogate] [ant: forego, forfeit, forgo, give up, throw overboard, waive].
Claim (v.) Ask for legally or make a legal claim to, as of debts, for example; "They claimed on the maximum allowable amount."
Claim (v.) Lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" [syn: claim, take] [ant: disclaim].
Claim (v.) Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" [syn: claim, take, exact].
Claimable (a.) 可要求的 Capable of being claimed.
Claimant (n.) 主張者；要求者；原告；【商】索賠者 One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
Claimant (n.) Someone who claims a benefit or right or title; "claimants of unemployment compensation"; "he was a claimant to the throne."
Claimant, () In the courts of admiralty, when the suit is in rem, the cause is entitled in the Dame of the libellant against the thing libelled, as A B v. Ten cases of calico and it preserves that title through the whole progress of the suit.When a person is authorized and admitted to defend the libel, he is called the claimant. The United States v. 1960 bags of coffee; 8 Cranch, R. 398; United States v. The Mars; 8 Cranch, R. 417; 30 hhds. of sugar, (Brentzon, claimant, v. Boyle. 9 Cranch, R. 191.
Claimer (n.) 申請者；索賠者 One who claims; a claimant.
Claimless (a.) 無要求的；不認領的 Having no claim.
Clair-obscur (n.) See Chiaroscuro.
Compare: Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro, Chiaro-oscuro (n.) （繪畫的）明暗對照法 The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color.
Chiaroscuro, Chiaro-oscuro (n.) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur. Chiasm
Chiaroscuro (n.) A monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color.
Clairvoyance (n.) 千里眼；異常的洞察力；透視 (超感官知覺) A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
Clairvoyance (n.) Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses [syn: clairvoyance, second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP].
Clairvoyant (a.) 有超人之目力或洞察力的 Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
Clairvoyant (n.) 千里眼；有洞察力的人 One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
Clairvoyant (a.) Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
Clairvoyant (a.) Foreseeing the future [syn: clairvoyant, precognitive, second-sighted].
Clairvoyant (n.) Someone who has the power of clairvoyance
Clairvoyant (n.) A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead.
Clairvoyant (a.) Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.
Syn: precognitive, second-sighted.
Usage: An advertisement marked "fortune-teller" listed the abilities of a supposedly clairvoyant woman.
Clake (n.) Alt. of Claik.
Claik (n.) (Zool.) 白頰黑雁 The bernicle goose; -- now called barnacle goose and also called clack goose.
Clam (v. i.) 拾蛤，撈蛤，挖蛤；閉嘴不言；保持沉默 [（+up）] To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] -- Dryden
Clam (n.) 蛤，蛤蜊，蚌 [C]；（供食用的）蛤肉 [U]；沉默寡言的人，守口如瓶的人 [C] Claminess; moisture. "The clam of death." -- Carlyle.
Clam (n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. -- Nares.
Clam (v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. -- Nares.
Clam (n.) (Zool.) 蛤，蛤蜊，蚌 [C]；（供食用的）蛤肉 [U]；沉默寡言的人，守口如瓶的人 [C] A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. -- Capt. John Smith (1616).
Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a cockle; it lieth under the sand. -- Wood (1634).
Compare: Bivalve
Bivalve (a.) 兩瓣的；雙殼的 (Of a mollusc or other aquatic invertebrate) having a hinged double shell.
Bivalve (a.) (Botany) Having two valves.
Bivalve (n.) 雙殼貝An aquatic mollusc which has a compressed body enclosed within a hinged shell, such as oysters, mussels, and scallops.
Class Bivalvia (Formerly Pelecypoda or Lamellibranchia)
Clam (n.) (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
Clam (n.) pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Blood clam. See under Blood.
Clammed (imp. & p. p.) of Clam.
Clamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clam.
Clam (v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. -- L'Estrange.
Clam (n.) Burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness.
Clam (n.) A piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: dollar, dollar bill, one dollar bill, buck, clam].
Clam (n.) Flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams.
Clam (v.) Gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean.
CLAM (n.) A system for symbolic mathematics, especially General Relativity. It was first implemented in ATLAS assembly language and later Lisp.
See also ALAM.
["CLAM Programmer's Manual", Ray d'Inverno & Russell-Clark, King's College London, 1971]. (1994-11-08) Clamant (a.) 吵鬧的；緊急的 Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. "Clamant children." -- Thomson.
Clamant (a.) Conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous].
Clamant (a.) Demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous" - H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn: clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant].
Clamation (n.) The act of crying out. -- Sir T. Browne.
Compare: Cry out
Cry out (-phrasal verb with cry verb) [I or T] （由於驚恐或受傷等）大叫，大喊，喊叫 (C2) To shout or make a loud noise because you are frightened, hurt, etc.
// She cried out in pain as the bullet grazed her shoulder.
Clamation (n.) An exclamation; a crying-out or call.
Compare: Exclamation
Exclamation (n.) 叫喊；驚叫；感歎 [U] [C]；感歎句；感歎詞，感歎語 [C] A sudden cry or remark, especially expressing surprise, anger, or pain.
‘An exclamation of amazement.’
Clamatores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
Clamatorial (a.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
Clambake (n.) 以烤蛤為特色之海濱野宴；【口】社交集會；【俚】（尤指廣播、電視的）低劣節目 The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
Clambak (n.) A cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed.
Clambered (imp. & p. p.) of Clamber.
Clambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamber.
Clamber (v. i ) 爬，攀登 [Q] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. -- Tennyson.
Clamber (n.) The act of clambering. -- T. Moore.
Clamber (v. t.) （手腳並用費勁地）爬，攀登 To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Clambering the walls to eye him. -- Shak.
Clamber (n.) An awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber".
Clamber (v.) Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle, sputter].
Clamjamphrie (n.) Low, worthless people; the rabble. [Scot.] -- Jamieson.
Clammily (adv.) In a clammy manner. "Oozing so clammily." -- Hood.
Clammily (adv.) In a clammy manner.
Clamminess (n.) State of being clammy or viscous.
Clamminess (n.) Unpleasant wetness [syn: dankness, clamminess].
Clammy (a.) Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
Clammy (a.) Unpleasantly cool and humid; "a clammy handshake"; "clammy weather"; "a dank cellar"; "dank rain forests" [syn: clammy, dank].
Clamor (n.) 喧鬧，叫嚷，大聲的要求 A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation from many people. -- Shak. [Also spelled clamour.]
Syn: clamor, hue and cry.
Clamor (n.) Any loud and continued noise. -- Addison.
Clamor (n.) A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. -- Macaulay.
Syn: Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.
Clamored (imp. & p. p.) of Clamor.
Clamoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamor.
Clamor (v. t.) 喧嚷，大聲的要求 To salute loudly. [R.]
The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise. -- Milton
Clamor (v. t.) To stun with noise. [R.] -- Bacon.
Clamor (v. t.) To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly. -- Longfellow.
To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang. Bp. Warbur[GREEK]ion.
Clamor (v. i.) 喧嚷，大聲的要求 To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Syn: clamor, roar, vociferate, holler, hollo.
The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. -- Shak.
Clamor (v. i.) to dispute in a loud voice.
Syn: brawl, wrangle, clamor.
Clamor (n.) A loud harsh or strident noise [syn: blare, blaring, cacophony, clamor, din].
Clamor (n.) Loud and persistent outcry from many people; "he ignored the clamor of the crowd" [syn: clamor, clamoring, clamour, clamouring, hue and cry].
Clamor (v.) Make loud demands; "he clamored for justice and tolerance" [syn: clamor, clamour].
Clamor (v.) Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment" [syn: clamor, clamour].
Clamor (v.) Compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring; "They clamored the mayor into building a new park."
Clamorer (n.) One who clamors.
Clamorous (a.) 喧嚷的，吵鬧的；大聲要求（或抗議）的 Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.
Clamorously (adv.) 吵鬧地；鼓噪地 See C lamorous
‘Nevertheless patriots saw it as an incitement to disobey the law, and local authorities, clamorously supported by Jacobin clubs, began to enforce it.’
‘In Hollywood's high colonic culture, she stands conspicuously at a distance from the clamorously confessional fray.
Clamarously (adv.) In manner that attracts attention.
Syn: loudly, obstreperously.
Compare: Clamarous
Clamarous (a.) Making a loud and confused noise.
‘A jostling, clamorous mob.’
Clamarous (a.) Expressing or characterized by vehement protests or demands.
Compare: Obstreperously
Obstreperously (adv.) 喧鬧地；騷亂地 See Obstreperous
Obstreperously (adv.) In manner that attracts attention.
“Obstreperously, he demanded to get service.”
Syn: Clamorously, loudly.
Compare: Obstreperous
Obstreperous (a.) 吵鬧的；難駕馭的 Noisy and difficult to control.
‘The boy is cocky and obstreperous.’
‘The clamorous radical wing of the party.’
Clamped (imp. & p. p.) of Clamp.
Clamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamp.
Clamp (v. t.) 鉗緊；夾住 [O]；【美】強行實施；強加 [（+down on）] To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
Clamp (v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]
Clamp (n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
Clamp (v. i.) 【美】強行壓制（或限制），取締 [+down on] To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
The policeman with clamping feet. -- Thackeray.
Clamp (n.) 螺絲鉗，鐵箍，夾鉗 [C] Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
Clamp (n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
Clamp (n.) (Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
Compare: Joinery
Joinery (n.) [Mass noun] 細木工業；細木工製品 The wooden components of a building, such as stairs, doors, and door and window frames, viewed collectively.
‘The timber is in demand for furniture and interior joinery.’
Joinery (n.) The activity or skill of a joiner.
‘He quickly mastered the techniques of joinery.’
Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
Clamp (n.) (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
Clamp (n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
Clamp (n.) A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.]
Clamp nails, Nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
Clamp (n.) A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together [syn: clamp, clinch].
Clamp (v.) Fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened."
Clamp (v.) Impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital".
Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.
Clan (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. "I have marshaled my clan." -- Campbell.
Clan (n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me. -- Smolett.
The whole clan of the enlightened among us. -- Burke.
Clan (n.) Group of people related by blood or marriage [syn: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe].
Clancular (a.) Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. [Obs.]
Not close and clancular, but frank and open. -- Barrow.
Clancularly (adv.) privately; secretly. [Obs.]
Clandestine (a.) 祕密的；暗中的；偷偷摸摸（幹）的 Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. -- Locke.
Syn: Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. -- Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n.
Clandestinity (n.) Privacy or secrecy. [R.]
Clanged (imp. & p. p.) of Clang.
Clanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clang.
Clang (v. t.) To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. -- Prior.
Clang (v. i.) 發鏗鏘聲； 發叮噹聲經過 To give out a clang; to resound. "Clanging hoofs." -- Tennyson.
Clang (n.) [U] [S] （金屬撞擊發出的）鏗鏘聲，叮噹聲； 喇叭聲；鶴鳴聲；鵝叫聲 A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
The broadsword's deadly clang, As if a thousand anvils rang. -- Sir W. Scott.
Clang (n.) (Mus.) Quality of tone.
Clang (n.) A loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash].
Clang (v.) Make a loud noise; "clanging metal" [syn: clang, clangor].
Clang (v. i. or v. t.) （使）叮噹作響；（使）發出噹啷聲 To make a loud deep ringing sound like that of metal being hit, or to cause something to make this sound.
Clangor (n.) 連續的鏗鏘聲 A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. -- Dryden.
Clangor (n.) A loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash].
Clangor (v.) (v. i.) 鏗鏘作響 Make a loud resonant noise; "the alarm clangored throughout the building" [syn: clangor, clangour].
Clangor (v.) Make a loud noise; "clanging metal" [syn: clang, clangor].
Clangorous (a.) 叮噹響的；嘹亮的 Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
Clangorous (a.) Having a loud resonant metallic sound; "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong" [syn: clangorous, clanging].
Clangous (a.) Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [Obs.]
Clanjamfrie (n.) Same as Clamjamphrie. [Scot.] -- Sir W. Scott.
Clank (n.) （金屬相擊的）叮噹聲，噹啷聲 [U] [S1] A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. -- Byron.
Clanked (imp. & p. p.) of Clank.
Clanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clank.
Clank (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
Clank (v. i.) 發叮噹聲；叮噹而過；球碰到球籃彈出並發出聲音 To sound with a clank.
Clank (n.) A loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour, clangoring, clank, clash, crash].
Compare: Resonant
· Resonant (a.) 共鳴的；回聲的；洪亮的 (Of sound) Deep, clear, and continuing to sound or ring.
‘A full-throated and resonant guffaw.’
Resonant (a.) (Resonant with) (Of a place) Filled or resounding with (a sound).
‘Alpine valleys resonant with the sound of church bells.’
Resonant (a.) Having the ability to evoke or suggest enduring images, memories, or emotions.
‘The prints are resonant with traditions of Russian folk art and story.’
Resonant (a.) (Of a room, musical instrument, or hollow body) Tending to reinforce or prolong sounds, especially by synchronous vibration.
‘The sound of these instruments, played in a resonant room, is unforgettable.’
Resonant (a.) (Technical) Relating to or bringing about resonance in a circuit, atom, or other object.
‘Resonant absorption of radiation.’
Resonant (a.) (Of a color) Enhancing or enriching another color or colors by contrast.
‘The resonant reds, greens, and browns typical of Ribera's palette.’
Clank (v.) Make a clank; "the train clanked through the village".
Clankless (a.) Without a clank. -- Byreon.
Clannish (a.) 宗族的；氏族的；黨派的；團結心很強的；排他的 Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. -- Clan"nish*ly, adv. -- clan"nish*ness, n.
Clannish (a.) Characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty."
Clannish (a.) Befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby].
Clanship (n.) 族黨的團結；黨派精神 A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.
Clansmen (n. pl. ) of Clansman.
Clansman (n.) 宗族或家族的成員 One belonging to the same clan with another.
Clansman (n.) A member of a clan [syn: clansman, clanswoman, clan member].
Clapped (imp. & p. p.) of Clap.
Clapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clap.
Clap (v. t.) 拍（手），鼓（掌）；為……鼓掌；輕拍，擊 [（+on）]；振（翼），拍（翅膀） To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.
Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. -- Marvell.
Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
He had just time to get in and clap to the door. -- Locke
Clap an extinguisher upon your irony. -- Lamb.
Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
To clap hands. To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] -- Shak.
To clap hands. To express contempt or derision. [Obs.] -- Lam. ii. 15.
To clap hold of, To seize roughly or quickly.
To clap up. To imprison hastily or without due formality.
To clap up. To make or contrive hastily. [Obs.] "Was ever match clapped up so suddenly?" -- Shak.
Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
Clap (v. i.) 拍手，鼓掌；砰然出聲，（門，蓋等）啪地關上 To knock, as at a door.
Clap (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.
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