A sledgehammer is a very large, heavy hammer with a long handle, used to break rock or concrete, or to knock in big posts. You swing it with two hands; it is not the small hammer you hang a picture with.

A sledgehammersledgehammer is a very large, heavy hammer with a long handle是一種非常大、非常重、握把很長的鐵鎚 used to break rock or concrete用來敲碎岩石或水泥 or to knock in big posts或是把大柱子打進地裡 You swing it with two hands你要用雙手揮動它 it is not the small hammer you hang a picture with它不是那種掛畫用的小鐵鎚

People also stretch the word: a “sledgehammer approach” means using far too much force for a small problem. Though actually, that picture is very common in writing — perhaps more common than the tool itself in city life.

People also stretch the word人們也會延伸這個字的用法 a "sledgehammer approach" means using far too much force for a small problem「sledgehammer approach」的意思是對一個小問題用了過度的力氣 Though actually不過其實 that picture is very common in writing這種比喻在寫作裡很常見 perhaps more common than the tool itself in city life在城市生活裡，可能還比這個工具本身更常出現

There is a verb too: to sledgehammer something is to hit it with one, or to treat a small job with huge force. The sledge here is an old name for this heavy hammer, not a sled on snow.

There is a verb too也有動詞的用法 to sledgehammer something is to hit it with oneto sledgehammer something是指用這種鎚子打它 or to treat a small job with huge force或是用超大的力氣去處理一件小事 The sledge here is an old name for this heavy hammer這裡的sledge是這種重鎚的舊名字 not a sled on snow不是雪地上滑的sled