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mallet

UK //ˈmælɪt//US //ˈmælɪt//

词源

源自中古英语 'maillet',借自古法语 'maillet'(小锤),是 'mail'(锤)的指小词,最终源自拉丁语 'malleus'(锤)。

noun

❶ 一种带有大头的木槌或橡胶锤,通常用于敲击物体而不留下痕迹,常用于木工、音乐或体育活动中。

“The carpenter used a wooden mallet to assemble the furniture.”

(木匠用木槌组装家具。)

“She struck the xylophone keys gently with a mallet.”

(她用槌子轻轻敲击木琴的键。)

同义词:hammer, gavel, beetle, maul, percussor

常见短语

dead as a mallet — 俚语,形容某物完全失效或毫无反应,类似于中文的“死透了”。

“After the battery died, the remote was as dead as a mallet.”

(电池没电后,遥控器彻底没反应了。)