hammer

martello

Attrezzo con un manico e una testa pesante, usato per colpire chiodi o altri oggetti.

In inglese semplice: A tool with a heavy head and a handle, used to hit nails or other objects.

• Pass me the hammer, please.
• She used a hammer to fix the shelf.
• Two hammers lay beside the toolbox.

Espressioni comuni: a heavy hammer, claw hammer, hammer and nails

cane

Parte mobile di un’arma che colpisce un altro pezzo per far partire il colpo.

In inglese semplice: A moving part of a gun that hits another part to make the gun fire.

• The gun's hammer was broken.
• He pulled back the hammer of the revolver.
• The hammer struck the firing pin.

Espressioni comuni: cock the hammer, gun hammer, hammer falls

martellata

Colpo dato con un martello.

In inglese semplice: A hit made with a heavy tool used for driving nails.

• That nail needs a hammer.
• He gave the bent metal a hard hammer.
• One more hammer pushed the nail into place.

Come si usa: give something a hammer (Give that loose nail a hammer.)

Sinonimi: blow, hit

Espressioni comuni: give something a hammer, a hard hammer

martello

Piccolo osso dell’orecchio medio che contribuisce a trasmettere i suoni.

In inglese semplice: A small bone in the middle ear that helps carry sound.

• The hammer is a tiny ear bone.
• Vibrations pass from the eardrum to the hammer.
• Damage to the hammer can affect hearing.

Sinonimi: malleus

Espressioni comuni: the ear's hammer, hammer and anvil

piantare, martellare

Colpire un chiodo con un martello per farlo entrare nel legno o in un’altra superficie.

In inglese semplice: To hit a nail with a heavy tool so it goes into wood or another surface.

• He hammered the nail in.
• We hammered nails into the wooden boards.
• Be careful when hammering near your fingers.

Come si usa: hammer something into something (She hammered a nail into the wall.)

Sinonimi: drive, pound

Espressioni comuni: hammer a nail, hammer something into something, hammer nails in

martellare, battere

Colpire qualcosa con forza più volte, usando un attrezzo, il pugno o altro.

In inglese semplice: To hit something hard many times, with a tool, your fist, or something else.

• She hammered on the door.
• Rain hammered against the windows all night.
• The worker hammered the metal flat.

Come si usa: hammer on something (Someone was hammering on the front door.); hammer at something (He hammered at the metal with a heavy tool.)

Sinonimi: pound, batter, beat

Espressioni comuni: hammer on something, hammer at something, hammer something flat

battere forte, martellare

Battere o pulsare con forza all’interno di qualcosa, spesso producendo rumori ripetuti.

In inglese semplice: To beat or knock strongly inside something, often making repeated sounds.

• His heart hammered with fear.
• The engine's valves were hammering loudly.
• I felt my pulse hammering in my ears.

Come si usa: hammer in something (Her heart hammered in her chest.)

Sinonimi: pound, throb, knock

Espressioni comuni: hammer with fear, hammer inside something, hammer in something