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mallet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ldoce_214_amal·let /ˈmælɪt/ noun [countable]  1. mallet.jpg TZa wooden hammer with a large end 木槌5  See picture of MALLET 木槌4  See picture of 见图 mallet2. DSa wooden hammer with a long handle that you use for playing croquet or polo 〔打槌球、马球用的〕长柄球棍5 see picture at 见图 croquet
Examples from the Corpus
malletDonna said couldn't Steve and Angelica both have been killed by a mallet?Use a mallet to hammer in the tent pegs.You're now ready to knock the joint apart with a mallet or hammer and a block of scrap softwood.He could scarcely have given him a firmer hint if he had hit him over the head with a mallet.The skull smashed, apparently by a heavy mallet which Lorrimer had been examining.Mickey had a ramp with pea sized objects rolling down to be dealt a mighty blow from a spring loaded mallet.The police sent in the mallet to see if the stains on it are human blood.From outside came another quick whack of the mallet.They go using mallets and chisels, and ten to one they'd extend the fracture line.
Origin mallet (1400-1500) Old French maillet, from mail hammer
mal·let nounChineseSyllable
large end wooden a a with hammer Corpus


mallet
mallet /ˈmælət, ˈmælɪt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Old French
 Origin: maillet, from mail 'hammer'

1. a wooden hammer with a large end
2. a wooden hammer with a long handle that you use for playing croquet or polo


mal·letBrE /ˈmælɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmælɪt/ 🔊 noun
a hammer with a large wooden head 木槌
a hammer with a long handle and a wooden head, used for hitting the ball in the games of croquet and polo (槌球和马球运动的)球棍,球棒