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a [sport] mallet
这里的[sport]可换成 croquet 或 polo，表示相应运动用的球棒。
She picked up a croquet mallet and walked to the lawn.
她拿起一支槌球棒，走向草坪。
球棍；木槌
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球棍；木槌
mallet
She picked up a croquet mallet and walked to the lawn.
她拿起一支槌球棒，走向草坪。
指马球或槌球等运动用的长柄球棍，不是木工锤。
一种锤头比通常更大的锤子,由木材、橡胶或类似非铁材料制成,木工用它来敲击凿子等工具,是一种大木槌。
A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
一种关节式机车,具有两个动力转向架,后转向架刚性固定在机车主体和锅炉上,前动力转向架通过铰链与后部相连,可左右摆动,锅炉前端搁置在摆动前转向架的滑动轴承上。
A type of articulated locomotive having two powered trucks, with the rear truck being rigidly attached to the main body and boiler of the locomotive, while the front powered truck is attached to the rear by a hinge, so that it may swing from side to side, and with the front end of the boiler resting upon a sliding bearing on the swinging front truck.
一种带有长柄和锤状头部的运动器具,用于(马球或槌球)击球。
a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
一种类似这种工具的武器,但通常大得多。
A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
She swung her mallet and knocked the croquet ball through the wicket.
她挥动球棍，把槌球打过了球门。
The polo player raised his mallet to hit the ball toward the goal.
马球选手举起球棍，把球打向球门。
After the match, the players wiped the mallets clean and put them away.
比赛结束后，选手们把球棍擦干净并收好。
这里的[sport]可换成 croquet 或 polo，表示相应运动用的球棒。
She picked up a croquet mallet and walked to the lawn.
她拿起一支槌球棒，走向草坪。
mallet 是柄长、头似锤子的球棒；作“球棒”讲时常见于 croquet 和 polo。
In croquet, players hit the ball with a mallet.
在槌球运动中，球员用槌球棒击球。
mallet 是可数名词，复数直接加 -s。
The set includes four mallets.
这套装备包含四支球棒。
Not this
He hit the ball with mallet.
Use this
He hit the ball with a mallet.
mallet 是可数名词，单数可数名词在句中不能裸用，前面需要冠词。此处第一次泛指任一把槌子，应用不定冠词 a。
Not this
He hit the croquet ball by a mallet.
Use this
He hit the croquet ball with a mallet.
表示使用某种工具时，英语用介词 with 加工具名词；by 用于引出方式或施动者，写成 by a mallet 会被误解为“被木槌击中”。
Not this
He used a hammer to hit the croquet ball.
Use this
He used a mallet to hit the croquet ball.
槌球运动中的击球工具是 mallet（木槌，长柄锤头），hammer 指金属锤；用错会混淆工具类型，所以须按运动项目选词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
槌球球棍
She bought a new croquet mallet for the garden game.
她为花园里的槌球比赛买了一个新球棍。
马球棍
The rider swung his polo mallet and hit the ball across the field.
骑手挥动马球棍，将球击过球场。
木槌
Use a wooden mallet to tap the wedges into place.
用木槌把楔子轻轻敲到位。
橡胶锤
He used a rubber mallet to tap the panel back into shape.
他用橡胶锤将板子敲回原状。
槌头
The mallet head is usually made of hardwood.
木槌头通常用硬木制成。
用木槌敲击
To crack the crab shell, strike it firmly with a mallet.
要敲开蟹壳，请用木槌用力敲打。
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联想：运动场上的木槌，长柄加锤头，像一把轻巧的hammer，打球时挥动它。
语域：neutral 常见场景：sports equipment、croquet、polo、game instructions 该词义指运动用的槌棒，多用于槌球、马球等运动场景。日常谈论这些运动或器材时比较常见，语气中性，不带有特殊正式或俚俗色彩。
指木槌或运动用的长柄球棍。
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