| 单词 | long roll |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong roll long roll n. Military (now historical) a drum roll used as a signal for soldiers or sailors to assemble. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > signal on drums tattoo1644 trevally1645 troop1688 générale1698 general1706 retreat1706 long roll1756 rappel1796 parley1867 assemble1883 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of drums > roll or flourish frolica1635 roll1688 ruff1688 ruffle1694 long roll1756 travale1798 drumroll1810 tambour-peal1823 paradiddle1835 press roll1934 1756 G. Washington Gen. Orders 15 Aug. in Papers (1984) Colonial Ser. III. 353 The Soldiers..to be ready to attend at the Long-roll. 1861 A. Davenport Let. 11 June in L. M. Post Soldiers' Lett. (1865) 56 We were so close to their batteries that we could hear..the drums beating the ‘long roll’. 1917 J. M. Morgan Recoll. Rebel Reefer iii. 31 To the accompaniment of the ‘long roll’ of the drums we jumped into our clothes and tumbled up on deck. 1994 D. H. Fischer Paul Revere's Ride (1995) 188 Captain Parker's militia..hurrying into line to the long roll of William Diamond's drum. < as lemmas |
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