lam

noun
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Word Originnoun late 19th cent.: from lam ‘hit hard’.
Idioms
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Idioms
on the lam
  1. (North American English, informal) escaping from somebody, especially from the police在逃,逃匿(尤指逃避警方追缉)
    • He was recaptured after four months on the lam.在林中四个月后,他被重新抓获。

lam

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they lam
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he / she / it lams
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past simple lammed
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past participle lammed
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-ing form lamming
🔊/ˈlæmɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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    Word Originverb late 16th cent.: perhaps of Scandinavian origin and related to Norwegian and Danish lamme ‘paralyse’.