| 单词 | at drum beat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat drum beat 1. Originally and chiefly North American. A signal sounded by beating a drum, used as a summons or to mark a particular time of the day or night. Frequently at drum beat. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > [noun] > stroke on drum beat1672 drum beat1673 1673 Minutes Council New Netherland 27 Aug. in Documents Colonial Hist. State New Jersey (1880) I. 129 The Burghers of that town and dependencies were found to amount to 78 in number, 69 of whom appeared at drum-beat. 1835 Autobiogr. Irish Traveller I. x. 282 Collected all those together who could stand on their legs: and who were as quickly dismissed to sleep, with the peremptory orders to appear sober at drum-beat the following morning. 1880 Pierceton (Indiana) Independent 11 Aug. The few armed men at the post were instantly mustered at drum beat, and pressed back the young Blackfeet. 1950 D. E. H. Smith Charlestonian's Recoll. (1950) vii. 63 The servants were sometimes allowed to have dancing in the evening, to which their friends came, but they always broke up at drum-beat, so as to get home before that ceased. 1993 G. Davison Unforgiving Minute i. 15 The drum-beat sounded at six and the soldiers and convicts duly assembled. 2004 F. Anderson et al. George Washington Remembers 39 (note) The garrison was allowed to march out of Fort Necessity at drum beat. < as lemmas |
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