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单词 wham
释义 wham
I. \ˈhwam, -aa(ə)m also ˈwa-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: imitative
1. : the loud sound of a hard impact or explosion
 < startled by the harsh wham of a gun going off — R.M.Randall >
2. : a solid blow
 < shook the table with an emphatic wham of his fist >
II. verb
(whammed ; whammed ; whamming ; whams)
transitive verb
: to propel, strike, or beat forcibly or so as to produce a loud impact
 < wham two shots into the man — Charles Askins b. 1907 >
 < wham the culprit with her broom >
 < wham a bass drum >
intransitive verb
: to make a wham : hit or explode with a loud or heavy impact
 < shells from the battleships were whamming over our heads — Ernie Pyle >
 < skids and whams against a stone wall >
III. adverb
or wham·mo \-ˌmō\
Etymology: wham from wham (I); whammo from wham (I) + -o
: with violent abruptness
 < quietly fishing when wham — I got a strike >
 < you're sitting around talking and wham something starts — Norman Mailer >
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