hammer

ハンマー、金づち

重い頭と柄があり、釘などを打つための道具。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： a heavy hammer, claw hammer, hammer and nails

撃鉄

銃の別の部品をたたいて発射を起こす、動く部品。

やさしい英語で： 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.

よく使う表現： cock the hammer, gun hammer, hammer falls

ハンマーの一打

ハンマーで打つ一回の打撃。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： give something a hammer (Give that loose nail a hammer.)

類義語： blow, hit

よく使う表現： give something a hammer, a hard hammer

槌骨

中耳にあり、音を伝える働きをする小さな骨。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： malleus

よく使う表現： the ear's hammer, hammer and anvil

打ち込む、金づちで打つ

釘を金づちでたたいて木などに打ち込むこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： hammer something into something (She hammered a nail into the wall.)

類義語： drive, pound

よく使う表現： hammer a nail, hammer something into something, hammer nails in

激しくたたく、連打する

道具や拳などで何度も強くたたくこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

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

類義語： pound, batter, beat

よく使う表現： hammer on something, hammer at something, hammer something flat

激しく脈打つ、激しく振動する

内部で強く脈打ったり振動したりし、繰り返し音を出すこと。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： hammer in something (Her heart hammered in her chest.)

類義語： pound, throb, knock

よく使う表現： hammer with fear, hammer inside something, hammer in something