device for fastening, c. 1300, probably from clamb, perhaps originally past tense of climb (v.), or from Middle Dutch clampe (Dutch klamp), from West Germanic *klamp- "clamp, cleat;" cognate with Middle Low German klampe "clasp, hook," Old High German klampfer "clip, clamp;" also probably related to Middle Dutch klamme "a clamp, hook, grapple," Danish klamme "a clamp, cramp," Old English clamm "fetter;" see clam (n.).
clamp (v.)
"to fasten with a clamp," 1670s, from clamp (n.). Related: Clamped; clamping.
雙語例句
1. Banking regulators failed to clamp down until earlier this month.
銀行監(jiān)管機(jī)構(gòu)直到本月初才開始嚴(yán)格管制。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Ironically, the latest clamp-down has just led to renewed international criticism.