| 释义 |
ram down
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | ram down - strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door"ram, poundthrust - push forcefully; "He thrust his chin forward" | | 2. |  ram down - teach by drills and repetition beat in, drill in, hammer indrill - teach by repetition |
Translations
ram down
ram (something) down1. To force something down into or through something else. He tried ramming a stick down the pipe to clear the blockage, but it ended up getting stuck in there. Don't ram the plug into the socket like that—you could electrocute yourself! The government has come under fire for ordering prison staff to ram food down the hunger strikers' throats.2. To cram or pack something down by pounding it forcefully. No matter how hard I ram these clothes down, I just can't get the suitcase to close shut. Don't ram the soil down like that, or the seed won't be able to sprout properly.3. To force something to topple over by pounding into it. Police were forced to ram the suspect's door down after he refused to cooperate. We'll have to ram this part of the wall down with the bulldozer.4. To force, compel, or attempt to make someone accept, endure, consider, or agree with or to something. Always followed by "(one's) throat." I hate going to my friend's house because his husband's always ramming political rhetoric down my throat. Look, I'm just browsing around for a car, quit trying to ram one down my throat!See also: down, ramram something downto pack something down by pounding, as with a ram. The worker used a pole to ram the earth down and pack it tight. The worker rammed down the earth.See also: down, ramram downv.1. To break something down by pounding with or as if with a ram: The attacking army rammed down the fortress wall using a huge log. The truck rammed the tree down.2. To force the passage or acceptance of something into something: The plumber rammed the plunger down the pipe.See also: down, ramram down
Related to ram down: ram throughSynonyms for ram downverb strike or drive against with a heavy impactSynonymsRelated Wordsverb teach by drills and repetitionSynonymsRelated Words |