To beat or sound (a drum, etc.), esp. in order to ‘beat up’ for recruits or as a signal to march; to sound (an alarm) on a drum (said also of the…
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释义 | society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > signalling with other sounding instruments > sound signal on instrument [verb (transitive)] > on drum (3) strike1572 To beat or sound (a drum, etc.), esp. in order to ‘beat up’ for recruits or as a signal to march; to sound (an alarm) on a drum (said also of the… beata1640 (Predicated of a drum or other instrument itself). transitive with the sound or signal as object: To express by its sound when beaten. tom-tom1824 transitive. Chiefly Anglo-Indian and Indian English. To give notice of or call attention to (something) by beating a tom-tom. Now chiefly historical. |
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