1A West African instrument played by striking a bowl or gourd floating upside down in a pail of water.
（通过敲打倒扣浮在一桶水中的碗或瓢来演奏的西非的）水鼓
2A drum partly filled with water to adjust the pitch and timbre, used by North American Indians as well as by the Chaco and Guaycurú of South America.
Example sentencesExamples
Instruments for making music include the water drum, the hand-held rattle, and the human voice.
More commonly, cowhorn rattles with wooden handles and water drums were used.
Definition of water drum in US English:
water drum
noun
1A West African instrument played by striking a bowl or gourd floating upside down in a pail of water.
（通过敲打倒扣浮在一桶水中的碗或瓢来演奏的西非的）水鼓
2A drum partly filled with water to adjust the pitch and timbre, used by North American Indians as well as by the Chaco and Guaycurú of South America.
Example sentencesExamples
More commonly, cowhorn rattles with wooden handles and water drums were used.
Instruments for making music include the water drum, the hand-held rattle, and the human voice.