n.[C]

1. 铁锤，榔头
2. 锤状物；（钢琴的）音锤；（枪的）击铁；（拍卖用的）小木槌
3. 链球
4. （中耳的）锤骨
5. 【俚】油门
   put the hammer down

   踩油门；加速

vt.

1. 锤击；锤打[O]
   When you've packed the box, hammer the lid on.

   箱子装好后，就把盖子钉上。

2. 【口】使惨败，将（对手）彻底击败
   We hammered the visiting team.

   我们击败了客队。

3. 强迫灌输（思想）给[（+into）]
   They could not hammer any new idea into their grandfather's head.

   他们无法向祖父灌输任何新思想。

vi.

1. 锤击；锤打
2. （接连）敲打[（+away/at）]
   He hammered away on the door until he got an answer.

   他连连敲门，直到有人应声。

3. 反复强调；努力不懈于[（+away/at）]
   Why do you hammer at the subject day after day?

   你为何日复一日地钻研那个科目？

n.

1. a tool consisting of a heavy metal head mounted at the end of a handle, used for breaking things and driving in nails.
   ▸an auctioneer's mallet, tapped to indicate a sale.
2. a part of a mechanism that hits another, e.g. one exploding the charge in a gun.
3. a heavy metal ball attached to a wire for throwing in an athletic contest.
4. another term for malleus.

v.

1. hit or beat repeatedly with or as with a hammer.
   ▸ (hammer away) work hard and persistently.
   ▸ (hammer something in/into) inculcate something forcefully or repeatedly.
   ▸ (hammer something out) play a tune on a piano loudly and unskilfully.
   ▸ (hammer something out) laboriously work out the details of a plan or agreement.
2. informal criticize or attack forcefully.
   ▸utterly defeat.
3. Stock Exchange  declare (someone) a defaulter.
4. Stock Exchange  beat down the price of (a stock).