单词 | row dow dow |
释义 | row dow down. Now rare. A series of resonant sounds, as produced by beating a drum. Cf. rowdy-dow n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > drumming randana1661 rub-a-duba1661 drumming1663 row dow dow1701 rub-a-dub-dub1714 tattoo1755 rattan1764 drum1810 rataplan1846 kettledrumming1848 tom-tom1863 tattooing1871 tumming1882 tum1911 1701 E. Ward Battel without Bloodshed 8 Children..march by their sides with a Row, dow, dow, dow. 1768 T. Hull Royal Merchant iii. v. 66 In freedom's cause I beat my drum, And the wood resounds with my row-dow-dow. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xi. 186 As this was beyond the capacity of the drubber of sheep-skin, he was fain to have recourse to the inoffensive row-dow-dow . View more context for this quotation 1863 W. F. Campbell & J. F. Campbell Life in Normandy I. 25 The band ceased to play, and the drums struck up a rōw-dōw, rŏw-dŏw-dŏw, all striking at the same moment. 1913 F. Kidson & M. Shaw Songs Brit. 77 In freedom's cause we'll beat the drum, And they'll all fly at its row, dow, dow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1701 |
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