n.[C]

1. 鐵鎚，鎯頭
2. 鎚狀物；（鋼琴的）音鎚；（槍的）擊鐵；（拍賣用的）小木槌
3. 鏈球
4. （中耳的）錘骨
5. 【俚】油門
   put the hammer down

   踩油門；加速

vt.

1. 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。

2. 【口】使慘敗，將（對手）徹底擊敗
   We hammered the visiting team.

   我們擊敗了客隊。

3. 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.

1. 錘擊；錘打
2. （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。

3. 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？

n.

1. 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.
2. a part of a mechanism that hits another, e.g. one exploding the charge in a gun.
3. a heavy metal ball attached to a wire for throwing in an athletic contest.
4. another term for malleus.

v.

1. 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.
2. informal criticize or attack forcefully.
   ▸utterly defeat.
3. Stock Exchange  declare (someone) a defaulter.
4. Stock Exchange  beat down the price of (a stock).

[名]

1. ①錘。
   증기 해머.

   蒸汽錘。

2. ②音錘。
3. ③鉛球。
   해머를 던지다.

   擲鉛球。