hammering

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ham·mer·ing /ˈhæmərɪŋ/ noun [singular, uncountableU]

1 take a hammering/be given a hammering ATTACKto be attacked or defeated very severely 受到猛烈攻击；遭遇惨败

The city took a real hammering during the war.

该城市在战争期间受到猛烈攻击。

2 HITthe sound of someone hitting something with a hammer or with their hands 锤击声；拳击声

There was a loud hammering at the door.

有人使劲敲门。

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hammering• The pop music had been turned up quite loud now, and they were all hammering and banging away.• But their attention was attracted to the sounds which arose in the background - a sort of confused hammering and shouting.• I heard hammering outside the building.• After much midnight hammering, a large wooden frame, covered in chicken wire with a drop down door was constructed.• When the hammering stopped and they withdrew, it was noted that a rope hung from the cross-beam.• The hammering began again, loud, insistent and irregular.• The hammering of Jem and Eric followed him, as he rushed upstairs with the torch to Marius Steen's bedroom.

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