hammer

n. 锤, 铁锤, 钉锤
vt. 锤打, 敲打, 钉
vi. 连续锤打
【计】 锤头
【化】 锤; 锻锤
【医】 锤, 锤骨
相关词组:
hammer sth out
between the hammer and the anvil
hammer and tongs
hammer at
hammer out

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

ham.mer

n.（名词）
A hand tool used to exert an impulsive force by striking, consisting of a handle with a perpendicularly attached head made of a relatively heavy, rigid material.
锤子：一种通过敲击发出冲击力的工具，包括一个把手和一个与之垂直的由较沉、较重的金属制成的头
A tool or device similar in function or action to this striking tool, as:
击打工具：一种与这种击打工具功能或作用相似的一种工具或器具，如：
The part of a gunlock that hits the primer or firing pin or explodes the percussion cap and causes the gun to fire.
击铁，击锤：枪机中用来击发底火或击动撞针以击穿火帽，使得枪炮得以发射的部分
Music One of the padded wooden pieces of a piano that strikes the strings.
【音乐】 音锤：钢琴中用以敲击琴键的护垫木槌
A part of an apparatus that strikes a gong or bell, as in a clock.
锣锤，小锤：敲锣或打钟的机械中的一部分，如用于钟表中的
Anatomy See malleus
【解剖学】 参见 malleus
Sports A metal ball weighing ' pounds (7.2 kilograms) and having a long wire or wooden handle by which it is thrown for distance in track-and-field competition.
【体育运动】 链球：由重'磅(7.2千克）的金属球和一条长链或木把手组成，人手持链端或把手在田径比赛中将其投远以争高低
A small mallet used by auctioneers.
拍卖锤：拍卖者所用的小锤
v.（动词）
ham.mered,ham.mer.ing,ham.mers
v.tr.（及物动词）
To hit, especially repeatedly, with or as if with a hammer; pound.See Synonyms at beat
锤击，击：敲打，尤指连续地用锤子敲打或好象用锤子敲打；连续猛击参见 beat
To beat into a shape with or as if with a hammer:
锤平，推敲：用锤子或好象用锤子打出一个形状来：
例句：
hammered out the dents in the fender; hammered out a contract acceptable to both sides.
把挡板上的凹洞敲平；制定出双方都能接受的合约

To put together, fasten, or seal, particularly with nails, by hammering.
锤合，锤紧：用锤子来加固、固定或密封，尤指通过钉子
To force upon by constant repetition:
通过一直重复进行强调：
例句：
hammered the information into the students` heads.
把这条信息反复向学生们强调

v.intr.（不及物动词）
To deal repeated blows with or as if with a hammer; pummel:
敲击，打击：用或好象用锤子来反复地敲打；击打，用拳头连续揍：
例句：
.Wind hammered at us violently in gusts.(Thor Heyerdahl)
.猛烈的狂风一阵阵地打在我们的身上.(索尔·海尔达尔)

To undergo beating in the manner of a hammer:
象锤子似的敲击：
例句：
My pulse hammered.
我的脉博象锤子一样重击着

Informal To keep at something continuously:
【非正式用语】 坚持不懈地从事某项工作：
例句：
hammered away at the problem.
坚持不懈地处理着这个问题


<习惯用语>go under the hammer 或
come under the hammer
To be put up for auction.
置于拍卖之下
来源：
Middle English hamer
中古英语 hamer
from Old English hamor * see ak-
源自 古英语 hamor *参见 ak-

【引伸】
ham.merer
n.（名词）