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drill

noun
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  1. [countable] a tool or machine with a pointed end for making holes钻；钻头；钻床；钻机
    • an electric drill电钻
    • a hand drill手钻
    • a dentist’s drill牙钻
    • a drill bit (= the pointed part at the end of the drill)钻头
    see also hammer drill, percussion drill, pneumatic drill
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  2. [countable, uncountable] a way of learning something by means of repeated exercises练习；训练Topics Educationc2, Languagec2
  3. [countable, uncountable] a practice of what to do in an emergency, for example if there is a fire（应对紧急情况的）演习
    • a fire drill消防演习
    • This is not a drill! Please evacuate the building.这不是演习！请疏散建筑物。
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    • The school has a fire drill once a week.学校每周进行一次消防演习。
    • Air-raid drills and evacuation procedures have been practised.实行了防空演习和疏散程序。
  4. [uncountable] military training in marching, the use of weapons, etc.军事训练；操练
    • rifle drill步枪操练
    see also pack drillTopics War and conflictc2
  5. the drill
     [singular] (old-fashioned) the correct or usual way to do something正确的步骤；常规；程序 synonym procedure
    • What's the drill for claiming expenses?报销费用的手续是什么？🔊🔊
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    • Usually a midwife was present: if not, Mother knew the drill.通常有一个助产士在场：如果没有，母亲会知道演习。
  6. [uncountable] a type of strong cotton cloth粗斜纹布
  7. [countable] a machine for planting seeds in rows条播机
    • a seed drill播种机
    8. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 early 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’. noun sense 7 early 18th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘small furrow’): perhaps from drill ‘make a hole’. noun sense 6 early 18th cent.: abbreviation of earlier drilling, from German Drillich, from Latin trilix ‘triple-twilled’, from tri- ‘three’ + licium ‘thread’.

drill

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they drill
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he / she / it drills
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past simple drilled
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past participle drilled
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-ing form drilling
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to make a hole in something, using a drill钻（孔）；打（眼）
    • drill something Drill a series of holes in the frame.在构架上钻一串孔。🔊🔊
    • The dentist started drilling my tooth.牙医开始给我钻牙。
    • drill (through something) He drilled through the wall by mistake.他误将墙壁钻穿了。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] drill (for something) to try to get oil or water by drilling in the ground or sea bed
    • They're drilling for oil off the Irish coast.他们在爱尔兰沿海钻井采油。🔊🔊
    Topics The environmentc1
  3. [transitive] to teach somebody to do something by making them repeat it a lot of times培训；训练
    • drill somebody to do something The children were drilled to leave the classroom quickly when the fire bell rang.孩子们接受了如何在火警铃拉响时迅速离开教室的训练。🔊🔊
    • drill somebody a well-drilled team训练有素的队伍
    • drill somebody in something Recruits are drilled in basic techniques over the five-day course.新兵接受为期五天的基本技能训练。🔊🔊
    • Recruits were thoroughly drilled in all aspects of military procedure.新兵在军事程序的各个方面都得到了彻底的训练。
    Topics Languagec2
  4. [transitive] drill somebody to train soldiers to perform military actions进行军事训练；操练
    • The soldiers were being drilled outside the barracks.士兵们在营房外被钻。
  5. [transitive] drill something + adv./prep. to hit or kick a ball hard and in a straight line
    • She drilled the ball into the back of the net.她把球钻进了网的后面。
    6. Word Originverb early 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’.