sledgehammer

• adj. 手下不留情的；强力的
• vt. 用大锤打；猛力打
• n. 大锤；猛烈的打击

sledge,重锤，hammer,锤子。

sledgehammer (n.)

late 15c., from sledge (n.1) + hammer (n.). As a verb, from 1834. Old English had slegebytel "hammer," from beetle (n.2).

1. I used a sledgehammer to drive the pegs into the ground.

我用一把大锤子把短桩打进地里。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She picked up the sledgehammer and began banging away with enthusiasm.

她拿起大锤便用力敲打起来.

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3. She hit the nail with a sledgehammer.

她用大锤钉钉子.

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4. She killed him by a sledgehammer.

她用大锤砸死了他.

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5. Printing visiting cards on a thirty - inch press is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

在30英寸印刷机上印名片简直是大材小用.

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