ram
n
1 uncastrated male sheep (未閹割的)公羊. =>illus at sheep 見sheep插圖. Cf 參看 ewe, tup.
2 =battering ram (batter1).
3 any of several devices in machines for plunging or striking with great force, eg the falling weight of a pile-driver 撞擊裝置(如打樁機的夯錘). ram, v (-mm-)
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(a) [Ipr, Tn]
~ (against/into) sth crash against sth; strike or push sth with great force 撞擊某物; 猛擊或猛推某物
The car rammed against/into the lorry. 小汽車撞了卡車.
The ice skater rammed into the barrier. 溜冰者撞到護欄上了.
They rammed the door to smash it down. 他們使勁把門撞破.
(b) [Tn] (of a ship) strike or run into (another ship) in an attempt to sink it (指船)撞擊(另一船)(企圖撞沉)
The frigate rammed the submarine. 護衛艦撞擊了潛艇.
2 [Tn.pr] ~ sth in, into, on, etc sth drive sth into place by ramming 將某物打入、 夯入、 壓入或填入某物
rampiles into a river bed 把樁子打入河床
(infml 口) ram clothes into a suitcase 把衣服塞進衣箱
He rammed his hat on his head. 他把帽子扣在頭上.
3 (phr v) ram sth down flatten (eg a surface) by ramming 夯平, 壓平(如某物表面)
ram down the soil, eg when building roads 把地面夯實(如筑路時). ram sth home
(a) force sth into place by ramming 填實; 塞滿
ram a charge (ie of gunpowder) home 裝好火藥.
(b) (fig 比喻) emphasize (eg a point, an argument) to make it more convincing 強調(如某論點、 論據)使之更具說服力.
RAM abbr 縮寫 =
1 (computing 計) random access memory 隨機存取存儲器
a RAM software component 隨機存取存儲器軟件. Cf 參看 ROM.
2 (Brit) Royal Academy of Music 英國皇家音樂學院.