drum

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
    — He's playing the piano and she's playing the drums!
  2. A drumstick (of chicken, turkey, etc). informal
    — Add, thinly sliced, 1/2 to 1 onion and 2 cloves of garlic also sliced, your choice of protein – chicken or turkey breast, or low fat beef, veal, lamb or pork, cut in pieces, or skinless chicken drums, and probably a little water. Then add 1/2 a cup of ...
  3. A social gathering or assembly held in the evening. historical
    — Another misfortune which befel poor Sophia, was the company of Lord Fellamar, whom she met at the opera, and who attended her to the drum.
  4. A small hill or ridge of hills. archaic
  5. Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
    — Replace the drum unit of your printer.
  6. A person's home; a house or other building, especially when insalubrious; a tavern, a brothel. UK,slang
  7. A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
    — The restaurant ordered ketchup in 50-gallon drums.
  8. Synonym of construction barrel. US
  9. The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
  10. Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
  11. A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
  12. A tip; a piece of information. Australia,slang
    — ‘he is the darndest little speaker we got, so better sit there and listen to him while he gives you the drum and if you clean out your earholes you might get a bit of sense into your heads.’
  13. The ear. obsolete,slang
动词 v.
  1. To beat a drum. intransitive
  2. To beat with a rapid succession of strokes. ambitransitive
    — The ruffed grouse drums with his wings.
  3. To drill or review in an attempt to establish memorization. transitive
    — He’s still trying to drum Spanish verb conjugations into my head.
  4. To throb, as the heart.
    — Now, heart, […]thou shalt drum no more.
  5. To go about, as a drummer does, to gather recruits, to draw or secure partisans, customers, etc.; used with for.
  6. Of various animals, to make a vocalisation or mechanical sound that resembles drumming.
    — "There is the snipe drumming also. We shall have it fine!" he added, with an air of conviction.

词形变化

drums plural drums present,singular,third-person drumming participle,present drummed participle,past drummed past drums plural drums plural drums plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
percussion

词源

词源 1
Perhaps back-formation from drumslade (“drummer”), from Middle Dutch trommelslach (“drumbeat”), from trommel (“drum”) + slach (“beat”) (Dutch slag).
Or perhaps borrowed directly from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”) et al. Compare also Middle High German trumme, trumbe (“drum”), Old High German trumba (“trumpet”).
词源 2
From Irish druim, Scottish Gaelic druim (“back, ridge”).
词源 3
Unknown.
词源 4
Shortening.
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