单词 | ram |
释义 | ram ram1 —ramlike, adj. /ram/, n. , v. , rammed, ramming. n. 1. a male sheep. 2. (cap.) Astron., Astrol. the constellation or sign of Aries. 3. any of various devices for battering, crushing, driving, or forcing something, esp. a battering ram. 4. (formerly) a heavy beak or spur projecting from the bow of a warship for penetrating the hull of an enemy's ship. 5. (formerly) a warship so equipped, esp. one used primarily for ramming enemy vessels. 6. the heavy weight that strikes the blow in a pile driver or the like. 7. a piston, as on a hydraulic press. 8. a reciprocating part of certain machine tools, as the toolholder of a slotter or shaper. 9. See hydraulic ram. v.t. 10. to drive or force by heavy blows. 11. to strike with great force; dash violently against: The car went out of control and rammed the truck. 12. to cram; stuff: They rammed the gag in his mouth. 13. to push firmly: to ram a bill through the Senate. 14. to force (a charge) into a firearm, as with a ramrod. [bef. 900; ME: male sheep, machine for ramming, OE ram(m); c. D, LG ram, G Ramme; (v.) ME rammen, deriv. of the n.; cf. OHG rammen] Syn. 10. jam, thrust, beat, hammer. ram2 /ram/, Australian. a confidence man's associate who acts as a decoy; confederate; shill. [1940-45; orig. obscure; Brit. criminal argot ramp swindle (earlier, as v.: snatch, tear) is a phonetically implausible source] |
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