1
- a tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails锤子, 榔头。
1.1
- a machine with a metal block for giving a heavy blow to something锻压机。
1.2
- an auctioneer's mallet for indicating by a sharp tap that an article is sold（拍卖师用的）小木槌。
1.3
- a part of a mechanism that hits another part to make it work, such as one exploding the charge in a gun or one striking the strings of a piano（机械装置中用来击打另一部件使之运作的）小锤; （枪炮的）击铁; （钢琴等的）音锤。
2
- a metal ball of about 7 kg attached to a wire for throwing in an athletic contest（体育中的）链球。
2.1
the hammer
the sport of throwing such a ball链球（运动）。
with obj.
1
- hit or beat (something) repeatedly with a hammer or similar object用锤（或类似物）反复敲打（某物）。
1.1
- no obj. strike or knock at or on something violently with one's hand or with a hammer or other object（用手、锤子等用力）击打, 敲打：
she hammered on his door.
她猛敲他的门。
1.2
- no obj.
hammer away
work hard and persistently拼命干, 作不懈努力： they must hammer away at these twin themes day after day.
他们必须日复一日地拼命工作以完成这两篇紧密相关的论文。
1.3
- with obj. and adverbial drive or secure (something) by striking with or as if with a hammer用（锤子等）将…敲入, 把…钉牢：
he hammered the tack in
他将头钉钉入
he was hammering leather soles on to a pair of small boots.
他正给一双小靴子钉皮底。
1.4
hammer something in/into
inculcate forcefully or repeatedly强行灌输, 反复灌输：a commercial image that was hammered into English consciousness.
一个反复灌输到英国人头脑中的广告形象。
2
- informal attack or criticize forcefully and relentlessly〈非正式〉猛烈抨击, 无情批评：
he got hammered for an honest mistake.
他因一无心的错误而受到严厉的批评。
2.1
- utterly defeat in a game or contest（在比赛中）彻底击败, 大获全胜：
they hammered St Mirren 4-0.
他们以4比0大败圣米伦队。
3
- Stock Exchange declare (a person or company) a defaulter【股票交易】宣布（某人, 某公司）无力偿债（或不履行债务）。
3.1
- informal beat down the price of (a stock)〈非正式〉压低（某股票）的价格：
sceptical investors hammered the computer company's stock.
疑心重重的投资者压低该计算机公司的股票价格。
ORIGIN: from the practice of striking three strokes with a mallet on the side of a rostrum in the Stock Exchange before a formal declaration of default.
短语
come（或go）under the hammer
- be sold at an auction被拍卖。
hammer and tongs
- informal energetically, enthusiastically, or with great vehemence〈非正式〉有力地; 热情地; 猛烈地：
racehorses going at it hammer and tongs.
奋力冲刺的赛马。
hammer something home
- 见HOME.
派生词
hammerless
adjective词源
Old English hamor, hamer, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch hamer, German Hammer, and Old Norse hamarr 'rock'. The original sense was probably 'stone tool'.
短语动词
hammer something out
1
- make something by shaping metal with a hammer锤成, 锻造出。
2
- laboriously work out the details of a plan or agreement详细推敲出, 悉力打造出（计划或协议）：
a deal was being hammered out with the Dutch museums.
正在悉力与荷兰博物馆达成一笔交易。
3
- play a tune loudly or clumsily, especially on the piano（尤指用钢琴）笨拙而大声地演奏, 敲击出。