ramming [机] 捣砂, 捣制
Ram \Ram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rammed} (r[a^]md); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ramming}.]
1. To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or
through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to
drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to
ram piles, cartridges, etc.
[They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks,
socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins. --Shak.
2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials,
and rammed to make the foundation solid.
--Arbuthnot.
- They range from a driver ramming a baggage cart into the side of a plane to a handler thrusting baggage containers so hard that they dent the cargo bin.
- A convicted killer drove a fire truck in an attempt to escape prison, ramming fences, gates and other vehicles during a rampage that ended when she crashed into a tree.
- Not long after he regained consciousness, East tried to kill himself by ramming a chair leg down his throat, a manifestation of the psychotic state induced by extreme hypothyroidism.
- They argued that after the oil-market collapse of January 1986 it wasn't Mr. Salinas who changed, but Mexican central bankers who saved the country by ramming through peso devaluation and trade liberalization.
- Albo, who is white, had been ordered to pay $200 to a black woman for ramming her car with his truck in a traffic dispute.
- The new emphasis is on more down-to-earth, rapidly maturing technology such as kinetic-energy warheads that "kill" their targets in space by ramming them at high speed.
- Robertson was given a good shot at winning the state where evangelicals have controlled the party for most of a decade, ramming through anti-abortion, ultraconservative platforms at carefully orchestrated conventions.
- The Coast Guard had not received any reports of the ramming, but will be looking into the matter to see if any U.S. citizens were involved, said Lt.
- Local commander Al Boty called a summit to warn the yachtsmen that ramming and barging between tenders and chase boats had become so dangerous that the USCG would not hesitate to intervene.
- The 987-foot Exxon Valdez that Hazelwood commanded spilled nearly 11 million gallons of Alaska crude oil after ramming a charted reef.
- Shortly after regaining consciousness, East tried to kill himself by ramming a chair leg down his throat.
- Truitt said Backherms joined the ship shortly after Christmas, was inexperienced and may have caused the blast by ramming the bags of explosives into the gun too fast.
- A gang had provoked outrage in a tranquil suburb by ramming a metal rod through the head of a youngster.
- Fifteen minutes later, a police car halted the pursuit by ramming Bodily's car.