1 N-COUNT 锤子;榔头 A hammer is a tool that consists of a heavy piece of metal at the end of a handle. It is used, for example, to hit nails into a piece of wood or a wall, or to break things into pieces. 锤子;榔头
SYN mallet, gavel
2 VERB 用锤击;锤打 If you hammer an object such as a nail, you hit it with a hammer. 用锤击;锤打 [Also VERB n] [Also VERB PREPOSITION n]
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To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole. [VERB noun prep./adv.]
为了不毁坏树,用锤子将一个木栓钉进洞里。
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Builders were still hammering outside the window. [VERB]
建筑工人仍在窗外敲敲打打。
SYN hit, drive, knock, beat
Hammer in means the same as
hammer .
hammer in 同 hammer 3 VERB (反复)敲打 If you hammer on a surface, you hit it several times in order to make a noise, or to emphasize something you are saying when you are angry. (反复)敲打
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We had to hammer and shout before they would open up. [VERB]
我们不停地拍门、叫喊,他们才开了门。
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A crowd of reporters was hammering on the door. [VERB + on]
一群记者正在砰砰地拍打着大门。
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He hammered his two clenched fists on the table. [VERB noun + on]
他双拳紧握,重重地捶着桌子。
4 VERB 强行灌输;反复强调 If you hammer something such as an idea into people or you hammer at it, you keep repeating it forcefully so that it will have an effect on people. 强行灌输;反复强调
SYN impress upon, repeat, drive home, drum into
5 VERB 猛烈攻击;大力批评;严厉惩罚 If you say that someone hammers another person, you mean that they attack, criticize, or punish the other person severely. 猛烈攻击;大力批评;严厉惩罚 [mainly British]
SYN criticize, condemn, censure, rebuke
6 V-PASSIVE (因税收政策变化、经济不景气等)使(企业)受到打击 If you say that businesses are being hammered, you mean that they are being unfairly harmed, for example by a change in taxes or by bad economic conditions. (因税收政策变化、经济不景气等)使(企业)受到打击 [British]
7 VERB (在体育比赛中)使惨败,大败 In sports, if you say that one player or team hammered another, you mean that the first player or team defeated the second completely and easily. (在体育比赛中)使惨败,大败 [British, journalism]
SYN defeat, beat, thrash, stuff [slang]
8 VERB (通常指因恐惧而心脏)快速跳动 If someone's heart is hammering, it is beating very fast, usually because they are frightened. (通常指因恐惧而心脏)快速跳动 [literary]
9 N-COUNT (机械设备中的)锤状物;(枪上的)击铁;(钢琴的)音槌 In machines and instruments, a hammer is a part that hits another part. For example, in a gun the hammer causes the explosion which makes the bullet shoot out of it, and in a piano the hammers hit the strings and cause the sounds. (机械设备中的)锤状物;(枪上的)击铁;(钢琴的)音槌
10 N-COUNT (田径运动中所掷的)链球 In athletics, a hammer is a heavy weight on a piece of wire, which the athlete throws as far as possible. (田径运动中所掷的)链球
The hammer also refers to the sport of throwing the hammer.
掷链球运动 11 PHRASE 满腔热情地;劲头十足地 If you say that someone was going at something hammer and tongs, you mean that they were doing it with great enthusiasm or energy. 满腔热情地;劲头十足地
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He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work.
他酷爱侍弄花草。只要下班一回到家,他就兴冲冲地忙活起来。
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They yell, shout and argue. For six hours a night they go at it, hammer and tongs.
他们又叫又喊又吵,每晚都要乐此不疲地闹腾6个小时。
12 PHRASE 被拍卖 If you say that something goes, comes, or is under the hammer, you mean that it is going to be sold at an auction. 被拍卖
Phrasal verbs: - hammer awayhammer inhammer out
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