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drum

noun
 
🔊/drʌm/
🔊/drʌm/
Idioms
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  1.  
     a 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打鼓
    • I used to play drums in a band. 我曾经在乐队里打鼓。
    • on drums Tony Cox on drums鼓手托尼 · 考克斯
    • a slow drum beat 缓慢的鼓声
    • There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums.发生了很大的车祸，然后是一长鼓。
    see also bass drum, kick drum, side drum, snare drum, steel drum, talking drumTopics Musicb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bass
    • bongo
    • electronic
    • …
    verb + drum
    • bang
    • beat
    • hit
    • …
    drum + noun
    • kit
    • set
    • stick
    • …
    phrases
    • a roll of drums
    See full entry
  2. 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。
  3. 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。🔊🔊
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.
Idioms
beat/bang the drum (for somebody/something)
  1. (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。
march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum | march to a different beat/tune
  1. 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。🔊🔊

drum

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they drum
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he / she / it drums
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past simple drummed
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past participle drummed
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-ing form drumming
🔊/ˈdrʌmɪŋ/
🔊/ˈdrʌmɪŋ/
Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] to play a drum打鼓；击鼓
    • Then they started chanting and drumming and stamping their feet.然后他们开始吟唱，敲鼓和踩踏。
  2. [transitive, intransitive] drum (something) on something to make a sound by hitting a surface again and again连续敲击…使发出咚咚声；不停地击打
    • Impatiently, he drummed his fingers on the table.他不耐烦地用手指嗒嗒地敲击桌子。🔊🔊
    • His fingers drummed on the door frame.他用手指不停地敲着门框。
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.
Idioms
drum something into somebody’s head
(also drum something into somebody)
  1. to make somebody remember something by repeating it a lot of times
打鼓；击鼓