释义 |
hammeringham‧mer‧ing /ˈhæmərɪŋ/ noun [singular, uncountable] - I heard hammering outside the building.
- After much midnight hammering, a large wooden frame, covered in chicken wire with a drop down door was constructed.
- But their attention was attracted to the sounds which arose in the background - a sort of confused hammering and shouting.
- The hammering began again, loud, insistent and irregular.
- The hammering of Jem and Eric followed him, as he rushed upstairs with the torch to Marius Steen's bedroom.
- The pop music had been turned up quite loud now, and they were all hammering and banging away.
- When the hammering stopped and they withdrew, it was noted that a rope hung from the cross-beam.
► take a hammering/beating (=be forced to accept defeat or a bad situation) Small businesses took a hammering in the last recession. 1take a hammering/be given a hammering to be attacked or defeated very severely: The city took a real hammering during the war.2the sound of someone hitting something with a hammer or with their hands: There was a loud hammering at the door. |