ham

prosciutto

Carne della zampa posteriore del maiale, conservata con sale o affumicatura e consumata come alimento.

In inglese semplice: Meat from a pig's back leg, preserved with salt or smoke and eaten as food.

• I had a ham sandwich.
• She added slices of ham to the salad.
• Would you like ham and cheese?

Espressioni comuni: ham sandwich, smoked ham, ham and cheese, slice of ham

coscia

Parte superiore della zampa posteriore di un maiale o altro animale, tagliata per essere consumata.

In inglese semplice: The upper back leg of a pig or another animal, cut off to be used as meat.

• The butcher cut off the ham.
• We bought a fresh ham to roast.
• The farmer salted both hams from the pig.

Sinonimi: haunch

Espressioni comuni: whole ham, fresh ham, bone in ham

istrione, guitto

Artista che esprime emozioni o si comporta in modo esagerato, spesso per attirare l’attenzione.

In inglese semplice: A performer who shows feelings or behaves in an exaggerated way, often to get attention.

• That actor is a real ham.
• She becomes a ham whenever a camera appears.
• The audience loved the old ham's dramatic gestures.

Sinonimi: overactor, show-off

Espressioni comuni: a real ham, a terrible ham, ham actor

radioamatore

Persona che usa apparecchi radio per comunicare con altre persone come hobby.

In inglese semplice: Someone who uses radio equipment to communicate with other people as a hobby.

• My uncle is a radio ham.
• The local hams helped relay emergency messages.
• A ham in Canada answered our signal.

Sinonimi: amateur radio operator

Espressioni comuni: radio ham, licensed ham, local ham

parte posteriore della coscia

Parte posteriore della zona superiore della gamba di una persona o di un animale.

In inglese semplice: The back part of a person's or animal's upper leg.

• His hams ached after the long ride.
• The horse had strong, muscular hams.
• He rubbed the sore flesh of his ham.

Espressioni comuni: muscular ham, sore ham, ham muscles

cavo popliteo

Zona incavata nella parte posteriore del ginocchio.

In inglese semplice: The hollow area at the back of the knee.

• The ham lies behind the knee.
• He felt a sharp pain in his ham.
• The physician examined the hollow of her ham.

Sinonimi: knee pit, popliteal fossa

Espressioni comuni: hollow of ham, painful ham, ham of someone

recitare sopra le righe, gigioneggiare

Recitare o esprimere emozioni in modo esagerato, soprattutto per divertire gli altri.

In inglese semplice: To act or show feelings in an exaggerated way, especially to entertain people.

• He loves to ham it up.
• She hammed it up whenever the camera turned toward her.
• Stop hamming it up and play the scene naturally.

Come si usa: ham it up (The actors hammed it up for the audience.)

Sinonimi: overact, camp it up

Contrari: underact

Espressioni comuni: ham it up, ham for someone