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take a hammering
take a hammering 指在比赛或冲突中遭受惨败或重创，是口语常见搭配。
The team took a hammering in the final match.
这支球队在决赛中惨遭痛击。
锤打；敲打；连续打击
hammerings — plural of hammering
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锤打；敲打；连续打击
a period of being beaten or hit repeatedly
The team took a hammering in the final match.
这支球队在决赛中惨遭痛击。
锤打；连续敲打
A period of being beaten or hammered.
银器上的锤击凹痕
A dented appearance on silverware, produced by successive blows of a hammer.
The constant hammering from the construction site next door kept me awake all night.
隔壁建筑工地持续的锤击声让我整夜无法入睡。
The senator faced a lot of hammering from the press over his controversial remarks.
这位参议员因其有争议的言论受到了媒体的猛烈抨击。
Blacksmithing involves the skillful hammering of hot metal into shape.
铁匠工艺包括巧妙地将热金属锤打成形。
take a hammering 指在比赛或冲突中遭受惨败或重创，是口语常见搭配。
The team took a hammering in the final match.
这支球队在决赛中惨遭痛击。
give sb a hammering 表示痛打或使某人遭受重大失败；也可用 get a hammering 表示“挨打、遭殃”。
The champion gave his opponent a real hammering.
冠军把对手狠狠地教训了一顿。
此义特指银器等表面因锤打形成的装饰性凹纹，属于工艺术语。
The antique silver plate has a fine hammering on its rim.
这件古董银盘的边缘有精致的锤击凹痕。
Not this
I heard a hammer from the next room.
Use this
I heard hammering from the next room.
表示听到‘连续的敲打声’时，用名词 hammering；a hammer 是‘锤子’这件工具，不是声音，属于用错词形。
Not this
There were hammerings outside all night.
Use this
There was hammering outside all night.
指持续不断的敲打声时 hammering 是不可数名词，不能用复数；hammerings 只表示几次独立的锤击事件，不能用来指一整夜的连续声音。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
遭受重创；遭到惨败
Shares took a hammering after the company announced its losses.
公司公布亏损后，股价遭受重创。
痛打某人；击败某人
The new player gave the defending champion a real hammering.
这位新选手把卫冕冠军打得一败涂地。
急促的敲门声；猛烈的敲门声
We were woken in the middle of the night by hammering at the door.
半夜我们被急促的敲门声吵醒。
不断的敲打声
The constant hammering from the building site next door drove me crazy.
隔壁工地不断的敲打声把我逼疯了。
遭到痛击；遭受重创
The team took a hammering in the final match, losing 6-0.
那支队伍在决赛中遭到重创，以0比6惨败。
给某人一顿痛击；使某人惨败
The champion gave his opponent a real hammering in the ring.
冠军在拳击台上给了对手一顿实实在在的痛击。
Use hammerings naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象hammer（锤子）加-ing，连续锤击银器留下凹痕——hammering就是锤打、锤纹。
语域：neutral 常见场景：everyday conversation and general writing、silverware craft and collecting 该名词表示“锤打/连续敲打”，通常用于日常口语和一般书面语，属于中性表达；表示银器表面的锤击凹痕时，多用于工艺或收藏领域的说明。
只有 clamoring 与 hammering 的读音完全相同（/ˈhæmərɪŋ/ ~ /ˈklæmərɪŋ/），形成尾韵。其他词如 battering、wandering、suffering、gathering、muttering 虽都以 -ering 结尾，但重读元音或辅音不同，不要按拼写直接推断读音。
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