hammer
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Tools, Weapons, Sport, Music, Human
ham·mer1 /ˈhæmə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 
tool 工具
tool 工具 a) TZa tool with a heavy metal part on a long handle, used for hitting nails into wood 榔头，锤子
b) TZa tool like this with a wooden head used to make something flat, make a noise etc 木槌
→5 see picture at 见图 tool1 an auctioneer’s hammer
拍卖人的木槌
2. come/go under the hammer SELLto be offered for sale at an auction 被拍卖
Examples from the Corpus
come/go under the hammer• As for football, it also came under the hammer for the usual reasons.• Read in studio A collection of battered old toys has come under the hammer at an auction today.• The rest of his collection is going under the hammer.• In 1972 it failed to reach reserve price when it came under the hammer at auction.• Hundreds of items go under the hammer to save a medieval manor.• A collection of prints and paintings by Picasso came under the hammer at Sotheby's yesterday.• It was part of the contents of a unique toy museum in Buckinghamshire most of which came under the hammer today.• So that and nearly 500 other lots will go under the hammer at Sotherbys tomorrow.• Three Renoir paintings will come under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York.• They will go under the hammer at the London auctioneers Spink on 17 May.
3 hammer blow British EnglishBrE an event that damages something very seriously 沉重的打击
hammer blow for
The decision is a hammer blow for the coal industry.
这一决定对于煤炭业是一个沉重的打击。
Examples from the Corpus
hammer for• Labour's energy spokesman says the decision is bad news for the consumer and a hammer blow for the coal industry.
4 hammer and tongs informal
a) if people go at each other hammer and tongs, they fight or argue very loudly 〔打斗或争吵〕激烈地，闹哄哄地
b) if someone does something hammer and tongs, they do it with all their energy 〔做某事〕全力以赴地
ARGUE5. gun 枪炮PMW the part of a gun that hits the explosive charge that fires a bullet 击铁，击锤
6. sport 体育DS a heavy metal ball on a wire with a handle at the end, which you throw as far as possible as a sport 链球
7. piano 钢琴APM a wooden part of a piano that hits the strings inside to make a musical sound 音槌
Examples from the Corpus
hammer• The Plot John Henry was born with a hammer in his hand and was the strongest baby anybody had ever seen.• Milk, two ice cubes crushed with a hammer between two squares of paper towel, and Maalox.• John Henry threw his hammer and snuffed out the fuse.• Any friction at the hammer pivot will slow down the movement of the hammer, tending to make the action sluggish.• Now move the wooden handle of the hammer gradually over the edge of the table.• The hammers in Stein's vis-à-vis piano action point away from the player.• The hammers in Streicher's down-striking action point towards the player.
hammer2 ●○○ verb
1 hit with a hammer 用锤击打 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]HIT to hit something with a hammer in order to force it into a particular position or shape 锤击，锤打；把…锤进
hammer something in/into something
Hammer the nails into the back of the frame.
把钉子锤入框子的背面。
hammer away (at something)
All afternoon, Martin had been hammering away in the conservatory.
整个下午马丁一直在温室里埋头苦干。
the sound of hammering and sawing
► see thesaurus at hit 锤打和拉锯的声音
2 hit repeatedly 反复敲打 [intransitiveI]HIT to hit something many times, especially making a loud noise 〔尤指大声〕反复敲打 SYN pound, bang
hammer at
Daniella hammered at the door.
丹妮拉不停地捶门。
The rain was hammering against the window.
雨点不停地敲打着窗户。
3 hurt with problems 因问题受损害 [transitiveT] to hurt someone or something by causing them a lot of problems 冲击，打击
British industry was being hammered by the recession.
英国工业正受到经济衰退的冲击。
4 hit hard 使劲打 [transitiveT] informalHIT to hit or kick something very hard 猛击；狠踢
Robinson hammered the ball into the goal.
鲁宾逊猛力将球踢进了球门。
5 criticize 批评 [transitiveT] to strongly criticize or attack someone for something they have said or done 猛烈批评[抨击]
The president has been hammered for his lack of leadership.
总统因领导无方而受到猛烈抨击。
6 hammer something home UNDERSTANDto make sure that people understand something by repeating it many times 〔向人们〕反复说明某事；强调某事
The message must be hammered home that crime doesn’t pay.
这一点必须反复强调犯罪是划不来的。
7 heart 心 [intransitiveI]HBH if your heart hammers, you feel it beating strongly and quickly 猛烈跳动 SYN pound
She stood outside the door, her heart hammering.
她站在门外，心怦怦直跳。
8 defeat 击败 [transitiveT] informalBEAT/DEFEAT to defeat someone completely at a sport 〔在体育比赛中〕彻底击败
Arsenal hammered Manchester United 5–0.
阿森纳队以5比0大败曼联队。
9 hammer away phrasal verbphr v
a) REPEATto keep saying something because you want people to understand or accept it 反复强调
at
I keep hammering away at this point because it’s important.
我一直反复强调这一点，因为它很重要。
b) WORK HARDto work hard and continuously at something 接连苦干，不懈地努力
at
Keep on hammering away at achieving your goals.
为达到目标要坚持不懈。
Examples from the Corpus
hammer away• Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.• Brennan hammered away at the fact that the administration was to blame.• Mrs Clinton began hammering away at the issues during her appearance before Florida Democrats at the Democratic convention.• Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter's shop.• I keep hammering away at this point but it applies to so many areas and it's so rarely done.• All afternoon, Martin had been hammering away in the conservatory.
hammer at• Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.• Mrs Clinton began hammering away at the issues during her appearance before Florida Democrats at the Democratic convention.• Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter's shop.
hammer at• Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.• Mrs Clinton began hammering away at the issues during her appearance before Florida Democrats at the Democratic convention.• Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter's shop.
10 hammer something ↔ in (also hammer something into somebody) phrasal verbphr v REPEATto keep saying something until people completely understand it 不断重复使〔某人〕明白〔某事〕，向〔某人〕反复灌输〔某事〕
The coach hammered his message into the team.
教练反复向全队灌输他的意图。
Examples from the Corpus
hammer in• Even when she later encountered more difficulties, she tried all sorts of positions, but never changed her grip on the hammer.• Start a nail farther back from the end of the board and hammer it in at an angle toward the end.• The loss of Elliott left Hammer very lightweight in attack and placed a heavy burden on regular strikers White and Harris.• But her disappearance hammers home that in modern Britain, even a fleeting two minutes alone can put a child in danger.• Steam hammers, in short, tended to batter themselves to death.• This is because the center of gravity of the hammer is in the iron part.• Sybillin was last in action at Ascot last month when hammering seasoned handicappers in the Victor Chandler Chase.
11 hammer something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v DISCUSSto decide on an agreement, contract etc after a lot of discussion and disagreement 〔经大量讨论及争议后〕商定〔协议、合同等〕
Leading oil producers tried to hammer out a deal.
几大石油生产国试图商定一个协议。
Examples from the Corpus
hammer out• It just caught me by the scruff of the neck and practically hammered my guts out.• The film was immensely popular and had so clearly struck a chord that Hammer carried out a rethink of its production policy.• Our blood tastes of rusted weapons and hammered - out coins.• John Henry threw his hammer and snuffed out the fuse.
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hammer• Her heart hammered against her ribs.• Jane dreamt she was clinging to the edge of a cliff, and her bank manager was hammering at her fingers.• The children hammered at the door to be let in out of the rain.• Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.• Investors have been hammered by a series of dismal economic reports.• If not, the Internal Revenue Service certainly hammered home the message.• White cleared up to the pink with a break of 31 but missed a difficult black which McManus hammered into the yellow pocket.• The men hammering it together had beckoned us, beaming, inviting inspection.• After a weekend of sawing and hammering nails into 2-by-4s, the dog house was finished.• We could hear them coming up the stairs right to our door and then shouting and hammering on it.• Chicago hammered San Diego 13-2.• Until he found his goal in life, hammering spikes into the railroad tracks, he was not fully happy.• Finally he got a job hammering spikes to make the great railroads.
hammer away (at something)• Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.• Mrs Clinton began hammering away at the issues during her appearance before Florida Democrats at the Democratic convention.• Often George came in at five o'clock in the morning to hammer away at the pirate ship in the carpenter's shop.• I keep hammering away at this point but it applies to so many areas and it's so rarely done.• All afternoon, Martin had been hammering away in the conservatory.• Thereafter it hammers away with great effect until it has excavated a narrow tunnel as much as three feet long.
hammer at• Jane dreamt she was clinging to the edge of a cliff, and her bank manager was hammering at her fingers.• Meanwhile, he hammered at his statements with the small obsession of a woodpecker.• The shock started me hammering at my door again.• But no enemy is hammering at our gates.• Though Demjanjuk was convicted and sentenced to death, Buchanan believed the charges were dubious and hammered at the case.• Seb hammered at the door and tugged at the bell-pull but without anyone answering.• Men poured from both and raced through the cheering crowd, up the steps, to hammer at the door.• Black leaders will refrain from hammering at the issue out of an uneasiness at speaking about intergenerational oppression.
From Longman Business Dictionary
hammerham·mer1 /ˈhæmə-ər/ noun
COMMERCE come/go under the hammer to be sold at an AUCTION
The paintings come under the hammer at Sotheby’s in November.
hammerhammer2 verb
FINANCE hammer the market to sell a large amount of stocks, shares etc at one time, causing prices to fall
→ hammer something → out
Old English hamor