drum
noun/drʌm/
/drʌm/
Idioms 
enlarge imagea musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. You play it by hitting it with sticks or with your hands.鼓 - to play the drum
击鼓 - I used to play drums in a band.
我以前在乐队里当鼓手。 - on drums Tony Cox on drums
鼓手托尼·考克斯 - a slow drum beat
节奏缓慢的击鼓声 - There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums.
一声巨响，然后是长长的鼓声。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bass
- bongo
- electronic
- …
- bang
- beat
- hit
- …
- kit
- set
- stick
- …
- a roll of drums
- to play the drum
- a large container for oil or chemicals that is like a cylinder in shape
（装油或化学剂的）大桶 - a 50 gallon drum
容积为 50 加仑的桶 - an oil drum
油桶 - Hazardous waste is stored in drums until it can be disposed of.
有害废物在处理前存放在大桶里。
- a 50 gallon drum
- a thing that is like a drum in shape, especially part of a machine
鼓状物；（尤指机器上的）鼓轮，滚筒 - The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
混合剂流过旋转着的滚筒时水分便从中滤出。
- The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.
Idioms
beat/bang the drum (for somebody/something)
- (especially British English) to speak with enthusiasm in support of somebody/something
（为…）竭力鼓吹，摇旗呐喊 - She’s really banging the drum for the new system.
她拚命为新制度摇旗吶喊。
- She’s really banging the drum for the new system.
march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum | march to a different beat/tune
- to behave in a different way from other people; to have different attitudes or ideas
与众不同 - She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.
她有天赋，具独创性，是个与众不同的艺术家。
- She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.