In most localities a given species of clam or coral persists essentially unchanged throughout a thick formation of rock, only to be replaced suddenly by a new and different species.(在大多數地方，某一種蛤蜊或珊瑚在厚厚的巖層中保持基本不變，只是突然被一個新的不同的物種所取代。)

At comparative clam time, he would describe Delingha to us, his look was so fascinated!(在他相對平靜的時刻，他會對我們描述德令哈，他的表情是那么迷醉！)

I would like to have some clam chowder. It goes well with some crackers.(我想要喝一些蛤蜊濃湯，它們配蘇打餅干很好吃。)

Marlin: No clam.(瑪林：不是蛤蜊。)

It is uncannily similar in taste and looks to New England clam chowder served in bread bowls.(它的口味和外觀與新英格蘭的蛤雜燴驚人地相似，都放在面包碗中。)

This small town boasts the best clam chowder in the world.(這座小鎮標榜擁有世上最棒的蛤蠣海鮮濃湯。)

Restaurateurs got in the habit of adding flour to make chowder thicker, and now this is what consumers have come to expect constitutes a bowl of clam chowder.(食客們養成了往湯里加面粉的習慣，讓雜燴變得更稠，以至于當他們想要一碗蛤蜊雜燴時，他們心里面想的就是這樣一碗稠稠的湯。)

All this may soon change, as condos and coffee shops replace the clam bars and ghost trains on the valuable beachside sites.(一旦地價不菲的海岸公寓大廈和咖啡店替換了蛤蜊酒吧和幽靈列車，這一切或將改變。)

You can't clam up.(你不能沉默。)

The empty shell of a snail or clam may be left behind, and if it is sufficiently durable and resistant to dissolution, it may remain basically unchanged for a long period of time.(蝸牛或蛤蜊的空殼可能會被留下來，如果足夠持久和抗溶解，它可能會在很長一段時間內基本保持不變。)