| 单词 | mallet |
| 释义 | mallet (once / 2639 pages) n A mallet is a tool with a large, barrel-shaped, head — used to pound on something. You might use a mallet to strike an instrument or in playing croquet. Yeah, right. A mallet is a long-handled implement with a barrel-shaped head used in games like croquet or polo. In music, a mallet is a stick with a rounded end that is sometimes padded, used to strike percussion instruments like timpani, bells, or a marimba. Use your yarn or rubber mallets to play the marimba, and use your wooden mallets to play the xylophone. WORD FAMILYmallet: mallets USAGE EXAMPLESThe Arduino controls 8 servos, each with a "mallet" attached. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) Of course, in the truest of her twisted festive spirit, the meticulously painted statue of Miss Quinn also wields a gift-wrapped mallet and bomb. Washington Times(Dec 12, 2016) And to release some built-up holiday stress — you get to smash the candy canes with a mallet! Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1n a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing Syn|Hypo|Hyper beetle carpenter's mallet a short-handled mallet with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge gavela small mallet used by a presiding officer or a judge hammer a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking 2n a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball Hypo|Hyper croquet mallet a mallet used to strike the ball in croquet polo mallet, polo sticka mallet used to strike the ball in polo sports implement an implement used in a sport 3n a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. Syn|Hyper hammer drumstick a stick used for playing a drum |
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