n.[C]
- 鐵鎚,鎯頭
- 鎚狀物;(鋼琴的)音鎚;(槍的)擊鐵;(拍賣用的)小木槌
- 鏈球
- (中耳的)錘骨
- 【俚】油門
put the
hammer down
踩油門;加速
vt.
- 錘擊;錘打[O]
When you've packed the box,
hammer the lid on.
箱子裝好後,就把蓋子釘上。
- 【口】使慘敗,將(對手)徹底擊敗
We
hammered the visiting team.
我們擊敗了客隊。
- 強迫灌輸(思想)給[(+into)]
They could not
hammer any new idea into their grandfather's head.
他們無法向祖父灌輸任何新思想。
vi.
- 錘擊;錘打
- (接連)敲打[(+away/at)]
He
hammered away on the door until he got an answer.
他連連敲門,直到有人應聲。
- 反覆強調;努力不懈於[(+away/at)]
Why do you
hammer at the subject day after day?
你為何日復一日地鑽研那個科目?
片語
be/go at it hammer and tongs
- 激烈爭吵
The couple in the next flat
were going at it hammer and tongs all night.
隔壁那對夫妻吵了一夜。
come/be under the hammer
- 被拍賣
A very nice set of glasses
came under the hammer yesterday.
昨天拍賣了一套很精緻的玻璃杯。
hammer out
- 設計出
He
hammered out a scheme.
他想出了一個方案。
衍生
辨析
n.
- a tool consisting of a heavy metal head mounted at the end of a handle, used for breaking things and driving in nails.
▸an auctioneer's mallet, tapped to indicate a sale.
- a part of a mechanism that hits another, e.g. one exploding the charge in a gun.
- a heavy metal ball attached to a wire for throwing in an athletic contest.
- another term for malleus.
v.
- hit or beat repeatedly with or as with a hammer.
▸
(hammer away)
work hard and persistently.
▸
(hammer something in/into)
inculcate something forcefully or repeatedly.
▸
(hammer something out)
play a tune on a piano loudly and unskilfully.
▸
(hammer something out)
laboriously work out the details of a plan or agreement.
- informal criticize or attack forcefully.
▸utterly defeat.
- Stock Exchange declare (someone) a defaulter.
- Stock Exchange beat down the price of (a stock).
Phrase
Derivative
- hammering n.
- hammerless adj.
Etymology
OE hamor, hamer, of Gmc origin.