英语词汇“hammer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a hand tool consisting of a solid head set crosswise on a handle, used to strike a blow, e.g. to drive in a nail

a power tool that substitutes a metal block or a drill for the hammerhead

a lever with a striking head for ringing a bell or striking a gong

the part of the mechanism of a modern gun whose action ignites the cartridge

in a mammal, the outermost of three bones that transmit sound to the inner ear; = malleus

an auctioneer's mallet; = gavel

a padded mallet in a piano action for striking a string

a hand mallet for playing various percussion instruments

a metal sphere weighing about 7.3kg (16lb), attached by a flexible wire to a handle and thrown as far as possible, as an athletic contest

an athletic field event in which the hammer is thrown

come/go under the hammer

to be sold by auction

hammer and tongs

said of fighting, arguing, etc: with determination and vigour

[Old English hamor]

verb intrans

to strike blows, esp repeatedly, with, or as if with, a hammer; to pound

hammer on the door

(+ away at) to reiterate an opinion or attitude

hammer away at the same points

to apply oneself vigorously to something

hammer away at revision

verb trans

to beat or drive (something) with repeated blows of a hammer

hammer in a nail

(often + into) to force (somebody) into compliance by repeated threats, etc

They wanted to hammer him into submission

informal to beat (a person or team) decisively

We hammered them at football

to condemn (a person or their work) roundly

get hammered by the critics

to declare formally (a member of the Stock Exchange) to be insolvent and therefore forbidden to trade

hammer into shape

to make (a thing or person) conform to a desired pattern by persistent effort

We'll soon hammer the text into shape

hammer something into

to make (somebody) learn or remember something by continual repetition

He had grammar hammered into him at school