hammer

[ˈhæmə]
n
a hand tool consisting of a heavy usually steel head held transversely on the end of a handle, used for driving in nails, beating metal, etc
any tool or device with a similar function, such as the moving part of a door knocker, the striking head on a bell, etc
a power-driven striking tool, esp one used in forging. A pneumatic hammer delivers a repeated blow from a pneumatic ram, a drop hammer uses the energy of a falling weight
a part of a gunlock that rotates about a fulcrum to strike the primer or percussion cap, either directly or via a firing pin
a heavy metal ball attached to a flexible wire: thrown in competitions.the event or sport of throwing the hammer
an auctioneer's gavel
a device on a piano that is made to strike a string or group of strings causing them to vibrate
the nontechnical name for malleus
the last stone thrown in an end
vb
to strike or beat (a nail, wood, etc) with or as if with a hammer
to shape or fashion with or as if with a hammer
to impress or force (facts, ideas, etc) into (someone) through constant repetition
to feel or sound like hammering
his pulse was hammering
to work at constantly
to question in a relentless manner.to criticize severely
to inflict a defeat on
to beat, punish, or chastise
to announce the default of (a member).to cause prices of (securities, the market, etc) to fall by bearish selling
See hammer out
- 习惯用语
- go under the hammer to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
- come under the hammer 同
- hammer and tongs with great effort or energy
- on someone's hammer persistently demanding and critical of someone.in hot pursuit of someone