mass noun
1
- trademark a tinned meat product made mainly from ham〈商标〉一种罐头午餐肉。
2
- irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on the Internet to a large number of newsgroups or users垃圾信息, 垃圾邮件。
with obj.
- send the same message indiscriminately to (large numbers of newsgroups or users) on the Internet在互联网上向（大量的新闻组或用户）发送垃圾信息, 群发。
派生词
spammer
noun词源
1930s: apparently from sp(iced h)am. The Internet sense apparently derives from a sketch by the British 'Monty Python' comedy group, set in a café in which every item on the menu includes spam.