| 单词 | drum clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdrum clock drum clock n. †(a) a suspended drum which is struck as a signal or alarm (obsolete rare); (b) a clock in which the mechanism is enclosed in a cylindrical case. ΚΠ 1791 Literary Mag. & Brit. Rev. Sept. 199/2 The guards..gave notice by their drum clocks, of the approach of the Moors. 1858 Morning News (London) 13 Nov. 4/5 A drum clock and a perambulator were not his, the latter having been given by one of his daughters to another one. 1913 E. Davies Widow's Necklace 8 An American drum clock ticked noisily. 1991 M. L. Myers French Archit. & Ornamental Drawings 17th Cent. 203 It is a drum clock that is set in a corbeled, upright, rectangular gilt-bronze case. < as lemmas |
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