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- hammer [ 'hæmɚ] [ 'hæmə]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- hammer ['hæmə]
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1.
n
a hand tool consisting of a heavy usually steel head held transversely on the end of a handle, used for driving in nails, beating metal, etc
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2.
n
any tool or device with a similar function, such as the moving part of a door knocker, the striking head on a bell, etc
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3.
n
a power-driven striking tool, esp one used in forging. A pneumatic hammer delivers a repeated blow from a pneumatic ram, a drop hammer uses the energy of a falling weight delivers a repeated blow from a pneumatic ram, a drop hammer uses the energy of a falling weight
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4.
n
a part of a gunlock that rotates about a fulcrum to strike the primer or percussion cap, either directly or via a firing pin
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5.
n
[athletics]
a heavy metal ball attached to a flexible wire: thrown in competitions
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6.
n
the event or sport of throwing the hammer
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7.
n
an auctioneer's gavel
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8.
n
a device on a piano that is made to strike a string or group of strings causing them to vibrate
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9.
n
the nontechnical name for malleus
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10.
n
[anatomy]
[curling]
the last stone thrown in an end
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11.
vb
to strike or beat (a nail, wood, etc) with or as if with a hammer
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12.
vt.
[tr]
to shape or fashion with or as if with a hammer
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13.
vt.
[tr;
foll by inor into] to impress or force (facts, ideas, etc) into (someone) through constant repetition -
14.
vi.
[intr]
to feel or sound like hammering
- his pulse was hammering
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15.
vi.
[intr;
often foll by away] to work at constantly -
16.
vt.
[tr]
[Brit]
to question in a relentless manner
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17.
vt.
to criticize severely
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18.
vt.
[informal]
to inflict a defeat on
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19.
vt.
[tr]
[slang]
to beat, punish, or chastise
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20.
vt.
[tr]
[stock exchange]
to announce the default of (a member)
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21.
vt.
to cause prices of (securities, the market, etc) to fall by bearish selling
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22.
vt.
See also hammer out
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23.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English hamor; related to Old Norse hamarr crag, Old High German hamar hammer, Old Slavonic kamy stone
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1.
n
a hand tool consisting of a heavy usually steel head held transversely on the end of a handle, used for driving in nails, beating metal, etc
Examples
- the claw of a hammer
- 锤上的拔钉(器) → claw
- to hammer an idea into someone's head
- 把一种思想硬灌给某人 → hammer
- hammer something into somebody
- 竭力告诫；力劝；努力说服某人 → hammer
- to strike a nail with a hammer
- 用锤子敲钉子 → strike
- Make your mark carefully before you hit the nail with your hammer.
- 先做好标记，再用锤子把钉子钉进去。 → mark
- I need a hammer to fix the pipe.
- 我需要一个锤子修修这个管子。 → hammer
- The marine pile driver has a hydraulic hammer.
- 水下打桩机有一个液压锤。
- to hammer an idea into sb {or} across to sb
- 反复地向某人灌输一个观点 → hammer
- to hammer away at sth
- [+subject, theme] 不断地致力于某事 → hammer
- to drive/hammer sth home
- [fig] 强调某事 → home
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