单词 | drum-beating |
释义 | > as lemmasdrum-beating drum-beating n. and adj. (a) n. the beating of a drum or drums; figurative the action of drawing public attention to something; enthusiasm, vehement support (cf. to beat the drum at Phrases 4); (b) adj. that beats a drum or drums; figurative enthusiastic, showing vehement support. ΚΠ 1639 R. Ward Animadversions of Warre i. x. lxiii. 197 Hee [sc. the Serjeant] is every night at Drum-beating to draw Billets for his Guard. 1858 ‘Late Capt. of Infantry’ Hints bearing on U.S. Army i. 7 A rumbling, bugle-blowing, drum-beating town, passing through their country on wheels, at the speed of a loaded wagon. 1893 Athenæum 18 Nov. 697/3 It is time the drum-beating about the deadly peril of the exploit is estimated at that true value my brother..assigned to it. 1980 Washington Post 8 Dec. a1/1 America's pilot Job Corps center opened to drumbeating media coverage and predictions of sweeping triumph. 2009 Independent 8 Aug. (Mag.) 42/1 The Wellingtonia..was the big new discovery of the 1850s, the wollemi pine of its day, introduced with just as much fanfare and drum-beating. < as lemmas |
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