英语词汇“hammer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hammer

(hæməʳ )

Word forms: hammers , hammering , hammered

1. countable noun B2

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.

He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall.

Synonyms: mallet, gavel

2. verb

If you hammer an object such as a nail, you hit it with a hammer.

To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]

Builders were still hammering outside the window. [VERB]

[Also VERB noun]

Synonyms: hit, drive, knock, beat

Hammer in means the same as hammer.

The workers kneel on the ground and hammer the small stones in. [VERB noun PARTICLE]

[Also VERB PARTICLE noun]

hammering uncountable noun

The noise of hammering was dulled by the secondary glazing.

3. verb

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.

We had to hammer and shout before they would open up. [VERB]

A crowd of reporters was hammering on the door. [VERB + on]

He hammered his two clenched fists on the table. [VERB noun + on]

hammering singular noun

As he said it, there was a hammering outside.

4. verb

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.

He hammered it into me that I had not suddenly become a rotten goalkeeper. [VERB noun + into]

Recent advertising campaigns from the industry have hammered at these themes. [VERB + at]

Synonyms: impress upon, repeat, drive home, drum into

5. verb

If you say that someone hammers another person, you mean that they attack, criticize, or punish the other person severely. [mainly British]

The report hammers the private motorist. [VERB noun]

If we turned up late we would be hammered by everybody.

Synonyms: criticize, condemn, censure, rebuke

hammering singular noun

Parents have taken a terrible hammering.

6. passive verb

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. [British]

Look at the numbers of small businesses that are being hammered unmercifully. [be VERB-ed]

The company has been hammered by the downturn in the construction and motor industries. [be VERB-ed]

7. verb

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. [British, journalism]

He hammered the young Austrian player in four straight sets. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: defeat, beat, thrash, stuff [slang]

hammering singular noun

England's bowlers took a hammering.

8. verb

If someone's heart is hammering, it is beating very fast, usually because they are frightened. [literary]

My heart was hammering. The footsteps had stopped outside my door. [VERB]

9. countable noun

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.

10. countable noun

In athletics, a hammer is a heavy weight on a piece of wire, which the athlete throws as far as possible.

The hammer also refers to the sport of throwing the hammer.

Events like the hammer and the discus are not traditional crowd-pullers in the West.

11. countable noun

The hammer is the largest bone of the three small bones in the ear of mammals.

12. hammer and tongs phrase

If you say that someone was going at something hammer and tongs, you mean that they were doing it with great energy.

He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work.

They yell, shout and argue. For six hours a night they go at it, hammer and tongs.

13. go/come/be under the hammer phrase

If you say that something goes, comes, or is under the hammer, you mean that it is going to be sold at an auction.

Fleming's diaries are to go under the hammer next month.

Phrasal verbs:

hammer away

1. phrasal verb

If you hammer away at a task or activity, you work at it constantly and with great energy.

Palmer kept hammering away at his report. [VERB PARTICLE + at]

2. phrasal verb

If you hammer away at an idea or subject, you keep talking about it, especially because you disapprove of it.

They also hammered away at Labor's plans to raise taxes. [VERB PARTICLE + at]

hammer in hammer [sense 2]

hammer out

phrasal verb

If people hammer out an agreement or treaty, they succeed in producing it after a long or difficult discussion.

I think we can hammer out a solution. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

The new fixture package has been hammered out by the Premiership clubs in talks over the last ten days. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]

[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]

Image of hammer

Idioms:

go under the hammer [British]

to be offered for sale at auction. The American expression is go on the block.

The first half of the collection goes under the hammer on Friday and there are some real treasures.

go at it hammer and tongs

[British]

to do something with great energy and enthusiasm

`He loved gardening,' sniffed Mrs Gascoigne. `He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work.'

[mainly British]

to have a noisy argument

`They were going at it hammer and tongs.' `What about?' `I'm not very sure, but they were arguing.'

Collocations:

hammer head

Or that you can tighten a loose hammer head (temporarily) by soaking it in water until the wood around the handle swells?

Times, Sunday Times

The hammer head must have been of substantial size judging by the width of the hollows shown in the drawing.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Technically, a hatchet has a hammer head on the back side.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

This was a type of war hammer that had a very long spike on the reverse of the hammer head.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

A variety of metal objects including hammer heads, scissors, locks, chains and railroad splices, are employed as the raw materials for these works.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

hammer home

Few songs failed to hammer home the message that life is rarely a bouquet of roses.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Country folk are often keen, in their unhurried and admirably wholesome manner, to hammer home the superiority of their bucolic lifestyles.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

But all it succeeds in doing is hammering home what a pale imitation this sequel is.

The Sun (2011)

This constant hammering home of the message that mutuals are different is finally paying off for the building society.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

The more her resemblance to Katerina was hammered home, the better for her chances of success.

Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)

hammer home a point

He threw in a few other collapsing empires, too, to hammer home the point.

Times, Sunday Times

Just to hammer home the point, this winter has been fantastic.

Times, Sunday Times

And we had these great torsos that looked like blancmange in all the other shelters, which we reduced to nothing just to hammer the point home.

Times, Sunday Times

To hammer the point home, the set comes wrapped in an anonymous container like a packing crate.

Times, Sunday Times

He almost got to his feet to hammer home the point.

Times, Sunday Times

hammer strikes

A hammer strikes a wheel with petals, the daisy wheel, each petal containing a letter form at its tip.

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On grand pianos, the soft pedal moves the hammers sideways so each hammer strikes only part of its string group.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Whenever the hammer strikes the three conventional strings, the aliquot string vibrates sympathetically.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Tiny figures carved in gold move on the dial synchronized in time to the repeaters hammer strikes.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

The key also raises the damper; and immediately after the hammer strikes the wire it falls back, allowing the wire to resonate.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

heavy hammer

Their tools were a heavy hammer and a bar with a chisel shaped end.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Originally spikes were driven into wooden sleepers by hammering them with a heavy hammer by hand.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

The work involved swinging a heavy hammer to strike pieces hot metal of positioned by the smith.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

It had a built in back bottle setup that ran on liquid and was very inefficient, due to the small valve and heavy hammer (nearly 1 pound).

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Once the ore was removed, it would be crushed by heavy hammers, probably automated by a water wheel until reduced to a fine dust.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

rock hammer

With a slight tap of my rock hammer, a piece of rock parted to reveal the head shield of a trilobite.

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He drew the taper of a rock hammer into a point for better ice purchase.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

The intact strength of the rock material may be estimated by using a rock hammer.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

My tool kit for fossil hunting contains rock hammers, chisels, protective glasses, a loupe, my notebook, various kinds of glue, and packing material and crates.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

As the rock hammers of fossil hunters are paired with supercomputers, we are getting a vivid view of the primordial past.

Times, Sunday Times

swing a hammer

Perhaps you sit at a computer and type, or you swing a hammer.

Times,Sunday Times

He wants to swing the hammer again.

The Times Literary Supplement

The remaining units got into position to swing the hammer.

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The fighters would swing the hammer and hit the tyre.

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Then he drops his arm and swings the hammer, experimentally.

The Times Literary Supplement

wield a hammer

Almost tempted to wield the hammer yourself ?

Times, Sunday Times

All these influences resulted in a love of design underpinned by a sleeves-rolled-up ability to wield a hammer and saw.

Times, Sunday Times

Indeed, some families who said goodbye to old-fashioned fixtures such as walls and doors are now wishing they hadn't wielded the hammer so readily.

Times, Sunday Times

Wielding a hammer and tongs, the tools of his trade, he was carried aloft by his comrades through the town.

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Translations:

Chinese: 锤子

Japanese: ハンマー

单词	hammer
释义	hammer (hæməʳ ) Word forms: hammers , hammering , hammered 1. countable noun B2 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. He used a hammer and chisel to chip away at the wall. Synonyms: mallet, gavel 2. verb If you hammer an object such as a nail, you hit it with a hammer. To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] Builders were still hammering outside the window. [VERB] [Also VERB noun] Synonyms: hit, drive, knock, beat Hammer in means the same as hammer. The workers kneel on the ground and hammer the small stones in. [VERB noun PARTICLE] [Also VERB PARTICLE noun] hammering uncountable noun The noise of hammering was dulled by the secondary glazing. 3. verb 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. We had to hammer and shout before they would open up. [VERB] A crowd of reporters was hammering on the door. [VERB + on] He hammered his two clenched fists on the table. [VERB noun + on] hammering singular noun As he said it, there was a hammering outside. 4. verb 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. He hammered it into me that I had not suddenly become a rotten goalkeeper. [VERB noun + into] Recent advertising campaigns from the industry have hammered at these themes. [VERB + at] Synonyms: impress upon, repeat, drive home, drum into 5. verb If you say that someone hammers another person, you mean that they attack, criticize, or punish the other person severely. [mainly British] The report hammers the private motorist. [VERB noun] If we turned up late we would be hammered by everybody. Synonyms: criticize, condemn, censure, rebuke hammering singular noun Parents have taken a terrible hammering. 6. passive verb 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. [British] Look at the numbers of small businesses that are being hammered unmercifully. [be VERB-ed] The company has been hammered by the downturn in the construction and motor industries. [be VERB-ed] 7. verb 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. [British, journalism] He hammered the young Austrian player in four straight sets. [VERB noun] Synonyms: defeat, beat, thrash, stuff [slang] hammering singular noun England's bowlers took a hammering. 8. verb If someone's heart is hammering, it is beating very fast, usually because they are frightened. [literary] My heart was hammering. The footsteps had stopped outside my door. [VERB] 9. countable noun 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. 10. countable noun In athletics, a hammer is a heavy weight on a piece of wire, which the athlete throws as far as possible. The hammer also refers to the sport of throwing the hammer. Events like the hammer and the discus are not traditional crowd-pullers in the West. 11. countable noun The hammer is the largest bone of the three small bones in the ear of mammals. 12. hammer and tongs phrase If you say that someone was going at something hammer and tongs, you mean that they were doing it with great energy. He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work. They yell, shout and argue. For six hours a night they go at it, hammer and tongs. 13. go/come/be under the hammer phrase If you say that something goes, comes, or is under the hammer, you mean that it is going to be sold at an auction. Fleming's diaries are to go under the hammer next month. Phrasal verbs: hammer away 1. phrasal verb If you hammer away at a task or activity, you work at it constantly and with great energy. Palmer kept hammering away at his report. [VERB PARTICLE + at] 2. phrasal verb If you hammer away at an idea or subject, you keep talking about it, especially because you disapprove of it. They also hammered away at Labor's plans to raise taxes. [VERB PARTICLE + at] hammer in hammer [sense 2] hammer out phrasal verb If people hammer out an agreement or treaty, they succeed in producing it after a long or difficult discussion. I think we can hammer out a solution. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The new fixture package has been hammered out by the Premiership clubs in talks over the last ten days. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE] Image of hammer © magicoven, Shutterstock Idioms: go under the hammer [British] to be offered for sale at auction. The American expression is go on the block. The first half of the collection goes under the hammer on Friday and there are some real treasures. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers go at it hammer and tongs [British] to do something with great energy and enthusiasm `He loved gardening,' sniffed Mrs Gascoigne. `He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work.' [mainly British] to have a noisy argument `They were going at it hammer and tongs.' `What about?' `I'm not very sure, but they were arguing.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hammer head Or that you can tighten a loose hammer head (temporarily) by soaking it in water until the wood around the handle swells? Times, Sunday Times The hammer head must have been of substantial size judging by the width of the hollows shown in the drawing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Technically, a hatchet has a hammer head on the back side. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was a type of war hammer that had a very long spike on the reverse of the hammer head. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A variety of metal objects including hammer heads, scissors, locks, chains and railroad splices, are employed as the raw materials for these works. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 hammer home Few songs failed to hammer home the message that life is rarely a bouquet of roses. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Country folk are often keen, in their unhurried and admirably wholesome manner, to hammer home the superiority of their bucolic lifestyles. Times, Sunday Times (2012) But all it succeeds in doing is hammering home what a pale imitation this sequel is. The Sun (2011) This constant hammering home of the message that mutuals are different is finally paying off for the building society. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The more her resemblance to Katerina was hammered home, the better for her chances of success. Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002) hammer home a point He threw in a few other collapsing empires, too, to hammer home the point. Times, Sunday Times Just to hammer home the point, this winter has been fantastic. Times, Sunday Times And we had these great torsos that looked like blancmange in all the other shelters, which we reduced to nothing just to hammer the point home. Times, Sunday Times To hammer the point home, the set comes wrapped in an anonymous container like a packing crate. Times, Sunday Times He almost got to his feet to hammer home the point. Times, Sunday Times hammer strikes A hammer strikes a wheel with petals, the daisy wheel, each petal containing a letter form at its tip. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On grand pianos, the soft pedal moves the hammers sideways so each hammer strikes only part of its string group. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Whenever the hammer strikes the three conventional strings, the aliquot string vibrates sympathetically. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Tiny figures carved in gold move on the dial synchronized in time to the repeaters hammer strikes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The key also raises the damper; and immediately after the hammer strikes the wire it falls back, allowing the wire to resonate. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 heavy hammer Their tools were a heavy hammer and a bar with a chisel shaped end. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Originally spikes were driven into wooden sleepers by hammering them with a heavy hammer by hand. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The work involved swinging a heavy hammer to strike pieces hot metal of positioned by the smith. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It had a built in back bottle setup that ran on liquid and was very inefficient, due to the small valve and heavy hammer (nearly 1 pound). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Once the ore was removed, it would be crushed by heavy hammers, probably automated by a water wheel until reduced to a fine dust. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 rock hammer With a slight tap of my rock hammer, a piece of rock parted to reveal the head shield of a trilobite. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He drew the taper of a rock hammer into a point for better ice purchase. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The intact strength of the rock material may be estimated by using a rock hammer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 My tool kit for fossil hunting contains rock hammers, chisels, protective glasses, a loupe, my notebook, various kinds of glue, and packing material and crates. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As the rock hammers of fossil hunters are paired with supercomputers, we are getting a vivid view of the primordial past. Times, Sunday Times swing a hammer Perhaps you sit at a computer and type, or you swing a hammer. Times,Sunday Times He wants to swing the hammer again. The Times Literary Supplement The remaining units got into position to swing the hammer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fighters would swing the hammer and hit the tyre. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Then he drops his arm and swings the hammer, experimentally. The Times Literary Supplement wield a hammer Almost tempted to wield the hammer yourself ? Times, Sunday Times All these influences resulted in a love of design underpinned by a sleeves-rolled-up ability to wield a hammer and saw. Times, Sunday Times Indeed, some families who said goodbye to old-fashioned fixtures such as walls and doors are now wishing they hadn't wielded the hammer so readily. Times, Sunday Times Wielding a hammer and tongs, the tools of his trade, he was carried aloft by his comrades through the town. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 锤子 Japanese: ハンマー
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