(noun.) a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering.
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双语例句
Each one of these is now cut into 150 pieces, each of which is beaten on an anvil till it is about an inch square. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The blanks, as the steel before it has teeth is called, are laid on the anvil and struck with the chisel, which rests obliquely on the blank, each blow raising a ridge or tooth. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
For example, an anvil grows hot under the hammer. 李贝.西洋科学史.