Sledgehammer



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.长柄大锤
• ［英］ n.长柄大锤 ( a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: sledge ( 雪橇) ＋hammer ( 锤子)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 15th century
• a large heavy hammer that is wielded with both hands; also something that resembles a sledgehammer in action

II. verb

• Date: 1834
• transitive verb
  • to strike with or as if with a sledgehammer
• intransitive verb
  • to strike blows with or as if with a sledgehammer

III. adjective

• Date: 1827
• marked by heavy-handed directness or hard-hitting force <trusting in sledgehammer warfare — C. J. Rolo>

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