mallet

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英文释义

n. a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
n. a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.
n. a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing

中文翻译

n. 木槌, 球棍, 棒
[化] 大锤; 手锤

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记忆技巧

mallet 没有明显的词根词缀,但可以联想到法语中的“maillet”,表示小锤子,帮助理解其含义。

例句

1. He used a mallet to drive the stakes into the ground.
他用木槌把桩子打进地里。
2. The carpenter picked up a mallet to shape the wood.
木匠拿起木槌来雕刻木头。
3. She gently tapped the balloon with a mallet to inflate it.
她用木槌轻轻敲击气球来给它充气。

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