| 释义 |
[ druhm-er ] / ˈdrʌm ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR drummer ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna person who plays a drum. a commercial traveler or traveling sales representative. Idioms for drummermarch to a different drummer, to be motivated by a different set of values than the average person.
Origin of drummerFirst recorded in 1565–75; drum1 + -er1 Words nearby drummerdrum machine, drum magazine, drum major, drum majorette, drum membrane, drummer, drummock, Drummond, Drummond light, Drummond of Hawthornden, Drummondville Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for drummerHe plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band. Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST I was friends with her drummer from Sleater-Kinney, and I met Carrie, and we just hit it off. Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST As far as celebrity doppelgangers go, no one can top comic actor Will Ferrell and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. Viral Video of the Day: Will Ferrell and Chad Smith Drum-Off|Alex Chancey|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Drummer Joey Waronker was firing off impossible fills every few seconds. Beck’s Musical Time Machine: This Wasn’t a Concert. It was a Spectacular Party.|Andrew Romano|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Drummer Dave Grohl started The Foo Fighters and became a rock star in his own right. Nirvana’s Bassist Wants to Go Grunge on Government|Olivia Nuzzi|April 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST The drummer is silent and reason speaks; it is the game of who loses wins. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I|Various The Three Giants were usually cruel but were afraid of the Drummer and so behaved very well. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10|Charles Herbert Sylvester Then, in another place, I accidentally passed quite round a drummer. A Rambler's lease|Bradford Torrey "Suppose we drink a health to your drummer boy," said he, lifting up his gourd. The Crossing|Winston Churchill Drummer John Christian, I'll have to get you a new pair o' drum-sticks for that.' Twenty-Four Unusual Stories for Boys and Girls|Anna Cogswell Tyler
British Dictionary definitions for drummer
nouna person who plays a drum or set of drums mainly US a salesman, esp a travelling salesman Australian and NZ slang the slowest shearer in a team Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with drummer
see march to a different beat (drummer). The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to drummerroad warrior, traveler, traveling salesman, bagman, knight of the road |