| 词组 | hammer |
| 释义 | hammer Theme: ACCELERATOR n. the accelerator of a vehicle.She pressed down the hammer, and off they went.The hammer went straight to the floor. hammer Ⅰ 1. noun 1 the penis US, 1967. 2 a handgun US, 1994. 3 heroin NEW ZEALAND, 1982. 4 an attractive girl or young woman US, 1970. 5 a pizza with ham topping US, 1996. 6 an accelerator pedal. Citizens' band radio slang, often as 'back off the hammer' (to slow down) and 'put the hammer down' (to accelerate) US, 1974. 7 in shuffleboard, the eighth and final shot US, 1967. 8 in bar dice games, the player who wins the chance to play first US, 1971.► on your hammer1. following close behind; tailing. From HAMMER AND NAIL AUSTRALIA, 1942.2. badgering. From HAMMER AND TACK AUSTRALIA, 1955.► put the hammer onto press someone for something IRELAND, 1984 2. verb 1 to drive a vehicle at maximum speed AUSTRALIA, 1960. 2 to inflict a resounding defeat UK, 1948. 3 to beat up UK, 1973. 4 to stretch physical limits UK, 2002.► get hammered1. while surfing, to be knocked from your surfboard and violently thrashed by the surf US, 1988.2. in mountain biking, to experience a violent accident US, 1992 Ⅱ ⇨ hammer and nail; hammer verb to follow, to tail. Rhyming slang UK, 1961 hammer at hammer at sth especially AmE to keep talking about a particular subject, especially publicly, because you think it is important and want to attract people's attention to it: Dole hammered at the latest statistics, showing that teenage drug use has more than doubled in the last four years. Throughout the election campaign, Weld continued to hammer at the issues of crime, welfare and taxes. hammer away 1. hammer away to hit something hard continuously, especially making a loud noise: I could hear the workmen hammering away downstairs. Fleisher has finally learned to play the piano properly, rather than hammering away with his fingers.■ SIMILAR TO: bang away2. hammer away to work hard at something for a long time in a determined way: It was incredibly boring work, but we hammered away on our ancient typewriters until it was done.+ at Bill's got to finish the article by tomorrow, even if it means hammering away at it all night.■ SIMILAR TO: bash away informal, especially BrE, slave away, slog away BrE informal3. hammer away to keep talking about something a lot in order to persuade people to agree with you, understand how important it is etc: "Keep hammering away," David said. "They'll see what we mean in the end."+ at Clinton hammered away at the same issues throughout the election campaign.■ SIMILAR TO: bang on BrE informal, go on informal hammer down hammer down sth • hammer sth down usually passive BrE to sell something at an auction. An auction is a public sale, where land and property are sold to the person who offers the most money for them:+ for A painting by Van Gogh was hammered down for a record $53.9 million. hammer in/into hammer sth in • hammer sth into sb to repeat something again and again so that people completely understand it or accept that it is true or right: Principles of right and wrong have been hammered into us since childhood. Just telling them once won't work. You've got to hammer it in.■ SIMILAR TO: drum into, drill into hammer out hammer out sth • hammer sth out to get an agreement with another person, country, organization etc after a lot of discussion and argument: The two sides met to try to hammer out a peace agreement. A deal is being hammered out with the banks, to give Honduras more time to pay off its loans. Recent talks are aimed at hammering out a treaty to be signed next June in Rio de Janeiro.■ SIMILAR TO: thrash out hammer n. the accelerator of a vehicle. She pressed down the hammer, and off they went.
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