mass noun
1- ham which has been cured or smoked like bacon熏腿, 腊腿。
1.1
- count noun the bottom piece of a side of bacon, including a hind leg熏猪后腿。
词源
late 15th cent. (denoting the haunch of a pig)： from Old Northern French gambon, from gambe 'leg'.
- a victory in backgammon (carrying a double score) in which the winner removes all his or her pieces before the loser has removed any（西洋双陆棋的）全胜。
词源
mid 18th cent.: apparently from Old English gamen or gamenian （see GAME1）, with survival of the -n ending.
informal, dated chiefly Brit. <非正式, 旧, 主英>
- nonsense; rubbish胡说八道; 废话。
词源
early 18th cent.: origin uncertain; the term was first used as criminals' slang in give gammon to 'give cover to a pickpocket' and keep in gammon 'distract (a victim) for a pickpocket'.