英语词汇“drum tower”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

drum tower n. (a) a kind of tower, particularly associated with East and South-East Asia, housing a drum which is sounded to raise the alarm or to mark the hour of the day; (b) a large cylindrical tower, frequently forming part of a castle or other fortified structure. [In sense (a) after French tour du tambour (1688 in the passage translated in quot. 1688) and its ultimate model Chinese gǔlóu (9th cent. or earlier; < gǔ drum + lóu tall building).]

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1688 tr. G. de Magalhães New Hist. China viii. 122 There are two Towers, the one call'd the Drum-Tower [Fr. la Tour du Tambour], and the other the Bell-Tower; which serve to tell the Hour of the Night.

1834 Chinese Repository 2 490 ‘The drum tower’ and ‘bell tower’..The former contains a drum and the latter a clock which are said to be heard in every part of the city.

1843 Hand-bk. Travellers in France i. 49/1 A citadel of singular form and strength,—a huge circular drum tower.

2003 W. Hung in R. S. Nelson & M. Olin Monuments & Memory v. 119 A drum tower and a bell tower flanked the southern gate of the imperial city.

2004 R. Tames R. Adam 38 In 1785 an existing wing was demolished and replaced by a drum tower with flanking rooms.

单词	drum tower
释义	> as lemmas drum tower drum tower n. (a) a kind of tower, particularly associated with East and South-East Asia, housing a drum which is sounded to raise the alarm or to mark the hour of the day; (b) a large cylindrical tower, frequently forming part of a castle or other fortified structure. [In sense (a) after French tour du tambour (1688 in the passage translated in quot. 1688) and its ultimate model Chinese gǔlóu (9th cent. or earlier; < gǔ drum + lóu tall building).] ΚΠ 1688 tr. G. de Magalhães New Hist. China viii. 122 There are two Towers, the one call'd the Drum-Tower [Fr. la Tour du Tambour], and the other the Bell-Tower; which serve to tell the Hour of the Night. 1834 Chinese Repository 2 490 ‘The drum tower’ and ‘bell tower’..The former contains a drum and the latter a clock which are said to be heard in every part of the city. 1843 Hand-bk. Travellers in France i. 49/1 A citadel of singular form and strength,—a huge circular drum tower. 2003 W. Hung in R. S. Nelson & M. Olin Monuments & Memory v. 119 A drum tower and a bell tower flanked the southern gate of the imperial city. 2004 R. Tames R. Adam 38 In 1785 an existing wing was demolished and replaced by a drum tower with flanking rooms. extracted from drumn.¹ < as lemmas
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