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hammer away

/ham-er/US // ˈhæm ər //UK // (ˈhæmə) //

锤击,落锤,榔头,锤子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a tool consisting of a solid head, usually of metal, set crosswise on a handle, used for beating metals, driving nails, etc.
    • : any of various instruments or devices resembling this in form, action, or use, as a gavel, a mallet for playing the xylophone, or a lever that strikes the bell in a doorbell.
    • : Firearms. the part of a lock that by its fall or action causes the discharge, as by exploding the percussion cap or striking the primer or firing pin; the cock.
    • : one of the padded levers by which the strings of a piano are struck.
    • : Track. a metal ball, usually weighing 16 pounds, attached to a steel wire at the end of which is a grip, for throwing for distance in the hammer throw.
    • : Anatomy. the malleus.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to beat or drive with a hammer.
    • : to fasten by using hammer and nails; nail: We spent the day hammering up announcements on fences and trees.
    • : to assemble or build with a hammer and nails: He hammered together a small crate.
    • : to shape or ornament by controlled and repeated blows of a hammer; beat out: to hammer brass; to hammer a brass bowl.
    • : to form, construct, or make with or as if with a hammer; build by repeated, vigorous, or strenuous effort: to hammer out an agreement; to hammer together a plot.
    • : to produce with or by force: to hammer out a tune on the piano; to hammer a home run.
    • : to pound or hit forcefully: to hammer someone in the jaw.
    • : to settle; bring to an end, as by strenuous or repeated effort: They hammered out their differences over a glass of beer.
    • : to present forcefully or compellingly; state strongly, aggressively, and effectively.
    • : to impress as if by hammer blows: You'll have to hammer the rules into his head.
    • : British. to dismiss from membership because of default.to depress the price of.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to strike blows with or as if with a hammer.
    • : to make persistent or laborious attempts to finish or perfect something: He hammered away at his speech for days.
    • : to reiterate; emphasize by repetition: The teacher hammered away at the multiplication tables.

Phrases

  • hammer and tongs
  • hammer away at
  • hammer out
  • under the hammer

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A pick hammer sits at the top of the handle to allow users to break ice with a tapping motion, while the spike at the bottom offers more traditional stabbing functionality.

  • Complete your set with a cutting mat, metal rulers and squares, some sponges, and a rubber or wooden hammer—any other type of hammer can damage the leather.

  • The group, often armed with guns and other weapons such as hammers and baseball bats, regularly rallies on the grounds of the Minnesota Capitol.

  • There were rules and if someone was acting up in the chat you dropped the hammer.

  • Papagelis joined forces in Hammer’s Lot with Ken Johnson — “Pinto Ron” — in 1992.

  • Next, the GOP should hammer away at how our roads, bridges, and tunnels are crumbling, and push for an infrastructure initiative.

  • If we enter with hammer in hand, we may leave with merely dust and rubble on our faces.

  • In this way, certain cognitive mechanisms can act like a hammer too eager for nails.

  • The phrase means, “the nail that sticks out always gets hit by a hammer.”

  • Another surveillance video, showing the perpetrator with hammer in hand, is here.

  • The noise of the hammer is always in his ears, and his eye is upon the pattern of the vessel he maketh.

  • With a hammer the boy knocked off some of the slats of the small box in which Squinty had made his journey.

  • I suppose the hammer falls back more slowly from the string, and that makes the tone sing longer.

  • He was ready to drop when he reached it, and his heart beat like a hammer against his ribs.

  • And then the Monitor's deafening hammer sounded again, and after that, silence.