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

hammer /hamˈər/

noun

A tool for beating metal, breaking rock, driving nails, etc

A striking-piece in the mechanism of a clock, piano, etc

The apparatus that causes explosion of the charge in a firearm

The mallet with which an auctioneer announces that an article is sold

A small bone of the ear, the malleus

A metal ball weighing about 7kg, attached to a long handle of flexible wire, for throwing in competition (athletics)

A trouncer

transitive verb

To beat, drive, shape, or fashion with or as if with a hammer

To contrive or think out by intellectual labour (with out)

To arrive at (a conclusion) or settle (differences) after much argument (with out)

To trounce or criticize severely (informal)

To teach by frequent and energetic reiteration (with in or into)

To declare a defaulter on the Stock Exchange

To beat down the price of (a stock), to depress (a market)

intransitive verb

To use a hammer

To make a noise as of a hammer

To persevere doggedly (with away)

ORIGIN: OE hamor; Ger Hammer, ON hamarr

hammˈered adjective

Beaten with a hammer

(of a musical instrument) played with hammers

Severely beaten (informal)

Drunk (slang)

hammˈerer noun

hammˈering noun and adjective

hammˈerless adjective

hammer beam noun

A horizontal piece of timber in place of a tie-beam at or near the feet of a pair of rafters

hammˈer-brace noun

A curved brace supporting a hammer beam

hammer drill noun

A drill in which the drill bit strikes rapid blows while boring

hammˈerhead noun

A shark with a hammer-shaped head (also hammˈer-fish and hammer-headed shark)
The umbrette, a crested thick-billed African wading bird (also (Dutch) hammˈerkop)

hammˈer-headed adjective

With a head shaped like a hammer
Dull in intellect, stupid

hammˈerlock noun (wrestling)

A hold in which the opponent's arm is twisted upwards behind his or her back

hammˈerman noun

Someone who wields a hammer, such as a blacksmith, goldsmith, etc

hammˈer-pond noun

An artificial pond at a water mill

hammˈer-toe noun

A condition in which a toe is permanently bent upwards at the base and doubled down upon itself

bring to the hammer

To sell, or cause to sell, by auction

(come) under the hammer

(come up) for sale by auction

give (or take) a hammering (informal)

To beat (or be beaten) severely, to defeat (or be defeated) comprehensively

hammer and sickle

The crossed hammer and sickle emblem of the former Soviet Union, or of Communism

hammer and tongs

With great noise and violence

hammer home

To impress (a fact) strongly and effectively on someone