hammer

['hæmə]

n.锤, 榔头
vi.锤击, 反复敲打
vt.锤打, 严厉批评

例句与用法:

After much discussion the negotiators hammered out a compromise settlement.

双方经多次谈判达成一项折衷的解决办法。

The teacher has been trying to hammer in the facts.

教师一直设法把这些事实灌输给学生。

The police hammered the door.

警察不停地敲门。

He hit the nail into the wall with a hammer.

他用一把锤子把钉子打进墙里去。

词形变化:

名词: hammerer | 动词过去式: hammered | 动词过去分词: hammered | 动词现在分词: hammering | 动词第三人称单数: hammers |

详细释义:

n.[C]

1. 铁锤, 榔头

2. 锤状物; (钢琴的)音锤; (枪的)击铁; (拍卖用的)小木槌

3. 链球

4. (中耳的)锤骨

5. 【俚】油门

put the hammer down

踩油门; 加速

vt.

1. 锤击; 锤打[O]

When you've packed the box, hammer the lid on.

箱子装好后, 就把盖子钉上。

2. 【口】使惨败, 将(对手)彻底击败

We hammered the visiting team.

我们击败了客队。

3. 强迫灌输(思想)给[(+into)]

They could not hammer any new idea into their grandfather's head.

他们无法向祖父灌输任何新思想。

vi.

1. 锤击; 锤打

2. (接连)敲打[(+away/at)]

He hammered away on the door until he got an answer.

他连连敲门, 直到有人应声。

3. 反复强调; 努力不懈于[(+away/at)]

Why do you hammer at the subject day after day?

你为何日复一日地钻研那个科目?


短语词组:

be/go at it hammer and tongs

1. 激烈争吵

The couple in the next flat were going at it hammer and tongs all night.

隔壁那对夫妻吵了一夜。

come/be under the hammer

1. 被拍卖

A very nice set of glasses came under the hammer yesterday.

昨天拍卖了一套很精致的玻璃杯。

hammer out

1. 设计出

He hammered out a scheme.

他想出了一个方案。