clamp /ˈklæmp/
 夾子,鉗子(v.)鉗住,夾緊
 clamp /ˈklæmp/ 名詞
 夾,鉗,夾具,弓形卡,壓板,夾子,線夾,箝位電路,電平固定,夾緊,鉗住
 clamp
 鉤; 嵌位; 夾子
 clamp
 鉤 夾
 Clamp n.
 1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
 2. (a) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. (b) Joinery A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
 3. 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.
 4. Shipbuilding A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
 5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
 6. A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.]
 Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
 Clamp v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping.]
 1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
 2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]
 Clamp, n.  A heavy footstep; a tramp.
 Clamp, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
    The policeman with clamping feet.   --Thackeray.
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 clamp
      n : a device (used by carpenters) that holds things firmly
          together
      v 1: fasten or fix with a clamp; "clamp the chair together until
           the glue has hardened"
      2: impose or inflict forcefully; "The military government
         clamped a curfew onto the capital"