hammer
['hæmә]
n. 锤, 锤, 锤

vt. 锤, 敲,

vi. 连续锤

[] 锤头

[] 锤; 锻锤

[医] 锤, 锤

1. He hit the nail into the wall with a hammer.
   把锤把墙里去。
2. The police hammered the door.
   警察停敲门。
3. The teacher has been trying to hammer in the facts.
   教师设把些灌输。

hammer
[ noun ]

1. the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

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2. a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

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3. the ossicle attached to the eardrum

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4. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

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5. a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

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6. a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

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7. a power tool for drilling rocks

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8. the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

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the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard
the pounding of feet on the hallway

[ verb ]

1. beat with or as if with a hammer

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hammer the metal flat

2. create by hammering

<verb.creation> forge
hammer the silver into a bowl
forge a pair of tongues

Hammer \Ham"mer\ (h[a^]m"m[~e]r), n. [OE. hamer, AS. hamer,
hamor; akin to D. hamer, G. & Dan. hammer, Sw. hammare, Icel.
hamarr, hammer, crag, and perh. to Gr. 'a`kmwn anvil, Skr.
a[,c]man stone.]
1. An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the
like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron,
fixed crosswise to a handle.

With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.

2. Something which in form or action resembles the common
hammer; as:
(a) That part of a clock which strikes upon the bell to
indicate the hour.
(b) The padded mallet of a piano, which strikes the wires,
to produce the tones.
(c) (Anat.) The malleus. See under {Ear}.
(d) (Gun.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the
percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly,
however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a
flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock
to ignite the priming.
(e) Also, a person or thing that smites or shatters; as,
St. Augustine was the hammer of heresies.

He met the stern legionaries [of Rome] who had
been the ``massive iron hammers'' of the whole
earth. --J. H.
Newman.

3. (Athletics) A spherical weight attached to a flexible
handle and hurled from a mark or ring. The weight of head
and handle is usually not less than 16 pounds.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Atmospheric hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer in which the
spring is formed by confined air.

{Drop hammer}, {Face hammer}, etc. See under {Drop}, {Face},
etc.

{Hammer fish}. See {Hammerhead}.

{Hammer hardening}, the process of hardening metal by
hammering it when cold.

{Hammer shell} (Zo["o]l.), any species of {Malleus}, a genus
of marine bivalve shells, allied to the pearl oysters,
having the wings narrow and elongated, so as to give them
a hammer-shaped outline; -- called also {hammer oyster}.


{To bring to the hammer}, to put up at auction.


Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hammered} (-m[~e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Hammering}.]
1. To beat with a hammer; to beat with heavy blows; as, to
hammer iron.

2. To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
``Hammered money.'' --Dryden.

3. To form in the mind; to shape by hard intellectual labor;
-- usually with out.

Who was hammering out a penny dialogue. --Jeffry.


Hammer \Ham"mer\, v. i.
1. To be busy forming anything; to labor hard as if shaping
something with a hammer.

Whereon this month I have been hammering. --Shak.

2. To strike repeated blows, literally or figuratively.

Blood and revenge are hammering in my head. --Shak.