hammer

marteau

Outil muni d’un manche et d’une tête lourde, utilisé pour frapper des clous ou d’autres objets.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : a heavy hammer, claw hammer, hammer and nails

chien

Pièce mobile d’une arme qui frappe une autre pièce pour déclencher le tir.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : cock the hammer, gun hammer, hammer falls

coup de marteau

Coup donné avec un marteau.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : give something a hammer (Give that loose nail a hammer.)

Synonymes : blow, hit

Expressions courantes : give something a hammer, a hard hammer

marteau

Petit os de l’oreille moyenne qui aide à transmettre les sons.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : malleus

Expressions courantes : the ear's hammer, hammer and anvil

enfoncer, marteler

Frapper un clou avec un marteau pour le faire entrer dans du bois ou une autre surface.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : hammer something into something (She hammered a nail into the wall.)

Synonymes : drive, pound

Expressions courantes : hammer a nail, hammer something into something, hammer nails in

marteler, tambouriner

Frapper quelque chose fortement et plusieurs fois avec un outil, le poing ou autre chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : hammer on something (Someone was hammering on the front door.); hammer at something (He hammered at the metal with a heavy tool.)

Synonymes : pound, batter, beat

Expressions courantes : hammer on something, hammer at something, hammer something flat

battre fort, cogner

Battre ou cogner fortement à l’intérieur de quelque chose, souvent avec des sons répétés.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : hammer in something (Her heart hammered in her chest.)

Synonymes : pound, throb, knock

Expressions courantes : hammer with fear, hammer inside something, hammer in something