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- a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped with a taut membrane over one or both ends鼓。
1.1
drums
a drum kit配套鼓钹, 一套打击乐器。
1.2
drums
the percussion section of a band or orchestra（管乐队或管弦乐队的）打击乐组。
1.3
- in sing. a sound made by or resembling that of a drum鼓声; （打鼓似的）咚咚声：
the drum of their feet.
他们咚咚咚的脚步声。
1.4
- historical a military drummer〈史〉军鼓手。
2
- something resembling or likened to a drum in shape, in particular鼓状物, 尤指：
2.1
- a cylindrical container or receptacle桶; 圆筒形容器：
a drum of powdered bleach
一桶漂白粉。参见 OIL DRUM.
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- a rotating cylindrical part in a washing machine, in which the washing is placed（洗衣机的）洗衣桶, 滚筒。
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- a similar cylindrical part in certain other appliances（某些电器中的）鼓形, 滚筒。
2.4
- Architecture the circular vertical wall supporting a dome【建】（穹顶的）鼓形座。
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- Architecture a stone block forming part of a column【建】（组成柱子一部分的）圆鼓石。
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- Austral./NZ a tramp's bundle of belongings〈澳/新西兰〉（流浪者的）行李卷, 铺盖卷, 行囊。
3
- Brit. informal a house or flat〈英, 非正式〉房子; 一套房间, （公寓）套间。
3.1
- Austral. informal a brothel〈澳, 非正式〉妓院。
4
- an evening or afternoon tea party of a kind that was popular in the late 18th and early 19th century（18世纪末、19世纪初流行的）傍晚茶会, 下午茶会。
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- Austral. informal a piece of reliable inside information〈澳, 非正式〉（可靠的）内部消息：
he had got the drum that the police wouldn't lock us up.
他得到内部消息说警察不会把我们投入监狱。
ORIGIN: early 20th cent.: perhaps by association with the musical instrument used to give a signal.
verb
drummed, drumming
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- no obj. play on a drum打鼓, 击鼓。
1.1
- make a continuous rhythmic noise击鼓似地响个不停, 连续不断地发出有节奏的声音：
she felt the blood drumming in her ears
她感觉血液在耳朵里搏动。
as noun drumming the drumming of hooves.马蹄的笃笃声。
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- with obj. beat (the fingers, feet, etc.) repeatedly on a surface, especially as a sign of impatience or annoyance（尤指不耐烦地）用（手指、脚等）不停敲击：
waiting around an empty table, drumming their fingers.
他们围坐在一张空桌子旁, 手指不停地敲着桌面。
1.3
- (of a woodpecker) strike the bill rapidly on a dead trunk or branch, especially as a sound indicating a territorial claim（啄木鸟为宣示对枯树干或枯树枝的占有权而）用嘴急速啄击。
1.4
- (of a snipe) vibrate the outer tail feathers in a diving display flight, making a throbbing sound（鹬鸟为求偶而做俯冲飞行时）突突地振动尾羽。
2
- with obj. Austral. informal give (someone) reliable information or a warning〈澳, 非正式〉给…通消息, 提醒：
I'm drumming you, if they come I'm going.
我提醒你, 如果他们来我就走。
ORIGIN: see sense 5 of the noun.
短语
beat （或 bang）the drum of（或 for）
- be ostentatiously in support of大张旗鼓地支持; 极力鼓吹：
he bangs the drum of the free market.
他极力鼓吹自由市场。
词源
Middle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.
短语动词
drum something into
- drive a lesson into (someone) by constant repetition反复给（某人）灌输：
it had been drummed into them to dress correctly.
他们曾被反复地告知穿着要得体。
drum someone out
- expel or dismiss someone with ignominy from a place or institution把某人轰走（或开除）：
he was drummed out of the air force.
他被开除出空军。
drum something up
- attempt to obtain something by canvassing or soliciting（通过游说）竭力争取：
the organizers are hoping to drum up support from local businesses.
组织者想要竭力争取地方企业的支持。
- Scottish & Irish a long narrow hill, especially one separating two parallel valleys〈苏格兰, 爱尔兰〉山脊。
词源
early 18th cent.: from Scottish Gaelic and Irish druim 'ridge'.
(亦作 drumfish)
(复同单, 或 drums)
1- a fish that makes a drumming sound by vibrating its swim bladder, found mainly in estuarine and shallow coastal waters石首鱼（能振鳔发出击鼓似的声音, 主要出没于港湾或沿岸浅海区）。亦称 CROAKER.
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- Family Sciaenidae (the drum family): many species, including the black drum (Pogonias cromis) of the western Atlantic. The drum family also includes the mulloway and a number of marine fishes that resemble salmon (e.g. the weakfish).石首鱼科：多种, 包括西大西洋的多须石首鱼（拉丁名Pogonias cromis）。石首鱼科还包括南极石首鱼和大量似鲑鱼的海鱼（如狗）。