| 单词 | sledgehammer |
| 释义 | Related topics: Toolssledge·ham·mer /ˈsledʒˌhæmə $ -ər/ noun [countable] TZa large heavy hammer 大锤Examples from the Corpussledgehammer• The principle of proportionality - do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut - is straight forward logic.• If that is true, he is waving a magic wand with a sledgehammer on the end.• Grandmother Sylvia Pye is breaking up wood with a sledgehammer at the roadside.• For instance, many people learn in high school that alcohol is a depressant-a kind of chemical sledgehammer for the mind.• That's the heavy sledgehammer that Blake is swinging.• No gas, no needle, no sledgehammer.• The lock shattered with a single blow of the sledgehammer and they were in.• It did so by contrasting the answers from two workers who were busily wielding sledgehammers in a rock quarry.Origin sledgehammer (1400-1500) sledge “sledgehammer” ((11-21 centuries)) (from Old English slecg) + hammersledge·ham·mer nounChineseSyllable hammer a large Corpus heavy |
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