sledgehammer

英 [ˈsledʒhæmə(r)]

美 [ˈsledʒhæmər]

n.  (有长柄的)大锤

复数：sledgehammers　第三人称单数：sledgehammers　现在分词：sledgehammering　过去式：sledgehammered　过去分词：sledgehammered　

GRE

BNC.22246 / COCA.19255

习惯用语

n.

use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• 抡着大锤砸核桃；杀鸡用牛刀
  to use more force than is necessary

牛津词典

noun

• （有长柄的）大锤
  a large heavy hammer with a long handle

柯林斯词典

• (用于击碎岩石和混凝土的)大锤
  Asledgehammeris a large, heavy hammer with a long handle, used for breaking up rocks and concrete.
• 杀鸡用牛刀
  If you say that someone is usinga sledgehammer to crack a nut, you mean that they are using stronger measures than are really necessary to solve a problem.

英英释义

noun

• a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges
  Synonym:maulsledge

verb

• beat with a sledgehammer
  Synonym:sledge

双语例句

• A two-handed sledgehammer; a two-handed crosscut saw; a machine designed for bimanual operation.
  两手用的锤；两手用的锯；计划两手操作的机器。
• They used a sledgehammer to* to drive a small nail you know.
  就好像是用大铁锤，钉一颗小钉子。
• The impact of a sledgehammer on pilings;
  长柄大铁锤砸木桩的碰撞；
• He used the sledgehammer with great power, splitting the log with a single blow.
  他用大力挥着长柄大锤，只一下就把木头劈开了。
• He took rather a sledgehammer approach to the whole thing.
  他对整件事采取的是大锤敲胡桃的方法。
• I was holding a large crowbar, and my co-worker was holding a sledgehammer.
  我拿着一根很大的撬棍，我的同事拿着一把大锤。
• She picked up the sledgehammer and began banging away with enthusiasm.
  她拿起大锤便用力敲打起来。
• When Apocalypse Weekend was released as the add-on for Postal 2, it added the new Boomerang Machete, Sledgehammer, and Scythe.
  当启示周末是发表当做那数据片为邮政的2，它附加的那新回飞棒弯刀，大槌，和长柄的大镰刀。
• Indeed, a proposed new system for finding miners trapped by an underground collapse is activated simply by hammering on an iron plate with a sledgehammer.
  更确切地说，新提出的一套用于营救地下被困矿工的系统，仅仅是在铁板旁边加一个铁锤。
• Sledgehammer Tool can no longer be used on Hotels by pressing "J".
  在旅馆中按下“J”键，将不再直接使用大锤工具。