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hammer

noun
🔊/ˈhæmə(r)/
🔊/ˈhæmər/
Idioms
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    tool工具

  1. [countable] a tool with a handle and a heavy metal head, used for breaking things or hitting nails锤子；榔头
    • a gentle tap with a hammer用锤子轻拍
    • He struck her on the head with a hammer.他用锤子敲打她的头部。
    see also claw hammer, jackhammer, sledgehammer
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + hammer
    • hit something with
    • tap something with
    • use
    • …
    hammer + noun
    • blow
    phrases
    • a hammer and chisel
    • a hammer and nails
    • hammer and sickle
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [countable] a tool with a handle and a wooden head, used by a person in charge of an auction (= a sale at which things are sold to the person who offers the most money) in order to get people’s attention when something is just being sold （拍卖用的）木槌synonym gavel
    • to come/go under the hammer (= to be sold at auction)被拍卖
    • Forty modern Russian paintings went under the hammer at Christie’s today.如今，在佳士得拍卖行拍下了40幅现代俄罗斯画。
    3.

    in piano钢琴

  3. [countable] a small wooden part inside a piano, that hits the strings to produce a sound音槌

    4. in gun枪炮

  4. [countable] a part inside a gun that makes the gun fire击铁

    5. sport体育运动

  5. [countable] a metal ball attached to a wire, thrown as a sport链球Topics Sports: other sportsc2
  6. often the hammer
     [singular] the event or sport of throwing the hammer掷链球（运动）
    7. Word OriginOld English hamor, hamer, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch hamer, German Hammer, and Old Norse hamarr ‘rock’. The original sense was probably ‘stone tool’.
Idioms
hammer and tongs
  1. (informal) if two people are at it hammer and tongs or go at it hammer and tongs, they argue or fight with a lot of energy and noise激烈争吵（或打斗）
    • We could hear the neighbours going at it hammer and tongs.我们可以听到邻居们用锤子和钳子猛击它。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2

hammer

verb
🔊/ˈhæmə(r)/
🔊/ˈhæmər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hammer
🔊/ˈhæmə(r)/
🔊/ˈhæmər/
he / she / it hammers
🔊/ˈhæməz/
🔊/ˈhæmərz/
past simple hammered
🔊/ˈhæməd/
🔊/ˈhæmərd/
past participle hammered
🔊/ˈhæməd/
🔊/ˈhæmərd/
-ing form hammering
🔊/ˈhæmərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhæmərɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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    hit with tool用工具锤打

  1. [intransitive, transitive] to hit something with a hammer（用锤子）敲，锤打
    • I could hear somebody hammering next door.我听到隔壁有人在锤打东西。🔊🔊
    • hammer something (in/into/onto something) She hammered the nail into the wall.她把钉子钉到墙上。🔊🔊
    • hammer something + adj. He was hammering the sheet of copper flat.他正把铜片锤平。🔊🔊
    • The swords are then hammered into shape.然后将剑锤打成形状。
    2.

    hit many times连续敲打

  2. [intransitive, transitive] to hit something hard many times, especially so that it makes a loud noise反复敲打，连续击打（尤指发出大声） synonym pound
    • Someone was hammering at the door.有人在砰砰地打门。🔊🔊
    • Hail was hammering down onto the roof.冰雹砸得屋顶咚咚响。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) I was so scared my heart was hammering (= beating very fast) in my chest.我吓得心怦怦直跳。🔊🔊
    • hammer something He hammered the door with his fists.他不断地用拳头擂门。🔊🔊
    Synonyms beatbeat
    • batter
    • pound
    • lash
    • hammer
    These words all mean to hit somebody/​something many times, especially hard.
    • beat to hit somebody/​something a lot of times, especially very hard:
      • Someone was beating at the door.有人在打门。
      • A young man was found beaten to death last night.昨天夜里有人发现一名小伙子被打死了。
      • At that time, children were often beaten for quite minor offences (= as a punishment).那时候孩子们常常因为很小的过错而捱打。
    • batter to hit somebody/​something hard a lot of times, especially in way that causes serious injury or damage:
      • He had been badly battered around the head and face.他被打得鼻青脸肿。
      • Severe winds have been battering the coast.狂风一直在海岸肆虐。
    • pound to hit somebody/​something hard a lot of times, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise:
      • Heavy rain pounded on the roof.暴雨砰砰地砸在屋顶上。
    • lash to hit somebody/​something with a lot of force:
      • The rain lashed at the window.雨点猛烈地打在窗户上。
      The subject of lash is often rain, wind, hail, sea or waves.
    • hammer to hit somebody/​something hard a lot of times, in a way that is noisy or violent:
      • He hammered the door with his fists.他不断地用拳头擂门。
    pound or hammer?用 pound 还是 hammer？There is not much difference in meaning between these two, but to pound is sometimes a steadier action. To hammer can be more violent and it is often used figuratively.Patterns
    • to beat/​batter/​pound/​lash/​hammer somebody/​something with something
    • to beat/​batter/​pound/​lash/​hammer against something
    • to beat/​batter/​pound/​hammer on something
    • to beat/​batter/​hammer something down
    • the rain/​wind/​sea beats/​batters/​pounds/​lashes (at) something
    3.

    kick/hit ball踢球；击球

  3. [transitive] hammer something (+ adv./prep.) (informal) to kick or hit a ball very hard猛踢；猛击
    • He hammered the ball into the net.他一记猛射，将球踢进网。🔊🔊
    4.

    defeat easily轻易打败

  4. [transitive] hammer somebody (informal) to defeat somebody very easily轻易打败（对方）
    • Our team was hammered 5–1.我队以 1:5 的悬殊比分败北。🔊🔊
    5.

    affect badly

  5. [transitive] hammer somebody/something (informal) to affect somebody/something very badly轻易打败（对方）
    • Eastern counties were brutally hammered by the weekend flooding.周末的洪水严重打击了东部县。
    6. Word OriginOld English hamor, hamer, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch hamer, German Hammer, and Old Norse hamarr ‘rock’. The original sense was probably ‘stone tool’.