英语词汇clambake的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	clambake
词源	clambake n. also clam-bake, 1835, "picnic feast consisting chiefly of a mass of clams baked on heated stones," American English, from clam (n.) + bake (n.). By 1937 in jazz slang transferred to "an enjoyable time generally," especially "jam session." Entries linking to clambake clam n. bivalve mollusk, c. 1500 (in clam-shell), originally Scottish, apparently a particular use of Middle English clam "pincers, vice, clamp" (late 14c.), from Old English clamm "bond, fetter, grip, grasp," from Proto-Germanic klam- "to press or squeeze together" (source also of Old High German klamma "cramp, fetter, constriction," German Klamm "a constriction"), possibly from a PIE glem- or *glom- "contain, embrace" (see glebe). If this is right then the original reference is to the shell. Clam-chowder attested from 1822. To be happy as a clam is from 1833, but the earliest uses do not elaborate on the notion behind it, unless it be self-containment. bake n. 1560s, "process of baking," from bake (v.). As "social gathering at which baked food is served," 1846, American English. updated on December 16, 2017
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clambake n.