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D0400800 (drŭm) n. pl. drums 1. a. A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere with a membrane stretched tightly over one or both ends, played by beating with the hands or sticks. b. A sound produced by this instrument. 2. Something resembling a drum in shape or structure, especially a barrellike metal container or a metal cylinder wound with cable, wire, or heavy rope. 3. Architecture a. A circular or polygonal wall supporting a dome or cupola. Also called tambour. b. Any of the cylindrical stone blocks that are stacked to form the shaft of a column. 4. Any of various marine and freshwater fishes of the family Sciaenidae that make a drumming sound by vibrating certain muscles attached to the swim bladder. 5. Anatomy The eardrum. v. drummed, drum·ming, drums v. intr. 1. To play a drum or drums. 2. To thump or tap rhythmically or continually: nervously drummed on the table. 3. To produce a booming, reverberating sound by beating the wings, as certain birds do. v. tr. 1. To perform (a piece or tune) on or as if on a drum. 2. To summon by or as if by beating a drum. 3. To make known to or force upon (a person) by constant repetition: drummed the answers into my head. 4. To expel or dismiss in disgrace. Often used with out: was drummed out of the army. Phrasal Verb: drum up 1. To bring about by continuous, persistent effort: drum up new business. 2. To devise; invent: drummed up an alibi.

[Middle English drom, probably alteration of Middle Dutch tromme, ultimately of imitative origin; see trumpet.]

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(drʌm) n1. (Instruments) music a percussion instrument sounded by striking a membrane stretched across the opening of a hollow cylinder or hemisphere2. beat the drum for informal to attempt to arouse interest in3. (Music, other) the sound produced by a drum or any similar sound4. an object that resembles a drum in shape, such as a large spool or a cylindrical container5. (Architecture) architect a. one of a number of cylindrical blocks of stone used to construct the shaft of a columnb. the wall or structure supporting a dome or cupola6. (Anatomy) short for eardrum7. (Animals) Also called: drumfish any of various North American marine and freshwater sciaenid fishes, such as Equetus pulcher (striped drum), that utter a drumming sound8. (Mechanical Engineering) a type of hollow rotor for steam turbines or axial compressors9. (Computer Science) computing a rotating cylindrical device on which data may be stored for later retrieval: now mostly superseded by disks. See disk²10. (Instruments) archaic a drummer11. the drum informal Austral the necessary information (esp in the phrase give (someone) the drum)vb, drums, drumming or drummed12. (Instruments) to play (music) on or as if on a drum13. to beat or tap (the fingers) rhythmically or regularly14. (Zoology) (intr) (of birds) to produce a rhythmic sound, as by beating the bill against a tree, branch, etc15. (Instruments) (sometimes foll by: up) to summon or call by drumming16. (Education) (tr) to instil by constant repetition: to drum an idea into someone's head. [C16: probably from Middle Dutch tromme, of imitative origin]

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(drʌm) n (Physical Geography) Scot and Irish a narrow ridge or hill[C18: from Scottish Gaelic druim]

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n., pl. drums, (esp. collectively for 11 ) drum, n. 1. a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usu. cylindrical body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks to produce a booming, tapping, or hollow sound. 2. any hollow tree or similar object or device used in this way. 3. the sound produced by such an instrument, object, or device. 4. any rumbling or deep booming sound. 5. a natural organ by which an animal produces a loud or bass sound. 6. eardrum. 7. any cylindrical object with flat ends. 8. a cylindrical part of a machine. 9. a cylindrical box or receptacle, esp. a large, metal one for storing or transporting liquids. 10. Also called tambour. a. any of several cylindrical stones laid one above the other to form a column or pier. b. a cylindrical or faceted construction supporting a dome. 11. Also called drumfish. any of various croakers that produce a drumming sound. v.i. 12. to beat or play a drum. 13. to beat on anything rhythmically, esp. to tap one's fingers rhythmically on a hard surface. 14. to make a sound like that of a drum; resound. 15. (of ruffed grouse and other birds) to produce a sound resembling drumming. v.t. 16. to beat (a drum) rhythmically; perform by beating a drum. 17. to call or summon by or as if by beating a drum. 18. to drive or force by persistent repetition: to drum an idea into someone. 19. to fill a drum with; store in a drum. 20. drum out, a. to expel or dismiss from a military service in disgrace to the beat of a drum. b. to dismiss in disgrace. 21. drum up, a. to call or summon by, or as if by, beating a drum. b. to obtain or create (trade, interest, etc.) through vigorous effort. c. to concoct; devise. Idioms: beat the drum for, to publicize. [1535–45; shortening of drumslade drum, drummer]

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n. Chiefly Scot. a long narrow hill or ridge. [1715–25; < Irish and Scottish Gaelic druim]

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a small party sent with a drum to parley with the enemy, 1745; a noisy assembly of society in a private house.Example: a squeeze, a fuss, a drum, a route, and finally a hurricane when the whole house is full from top to bottom, 1779.

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Past participle: drummed
Gerund: drumming

Imperative
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Present
I drum
you drum
he/she/it drums
we drum
you drum
they drum

Preterite
I drummed
you drummed
he/she/it drummed
we drummed
you drummed
they drummed

Present Continuous
I am drumming
you are drumming
he/she/it is drumming
we are drumming
you are drumming
they are drumming

Present Perfect
I have drummed
you have drummed
he/she/it has drummed
we have drummed
you have drummed
they have drummed

Past Continuous
I was drumming
you were drumming
he/she/it was drumming
we were drumming
you were drumming
they were drumming

Past Perfect
I had drummed
you had drummed
he/she/it had drummed
we had drummed
you had drummed
they had drummed

Future
I will drum
you will drum
he/she/it will drum
we will drum
you will drum
they will drum

Future Perfect
I will have drummed
you will have drummed
he/she/it will have drummed
we will have drummed
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Future Continuous
I will be drumming
you will be drumming
he/she/it will be drumming
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been drumming
you have been drumming
he/she/it has been drumming
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been drumming
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been drumming
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Conditional
I would drum
you would drum
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Past Conditional
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Drum

A Barrel, usually one of steel.

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Noun	1.	drum - a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each endmembranophone, tympanbass drum, gran casa - a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitchbongo, bongo drum - a small drum; played with the handsdrumhead, head - a membrane that is stretched taut over a drumpercussion instrument, percussive instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking anotherside drum, snare drum, snare - a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower headtabor, tabour - a small drum with one head of soft calfskintambour - a drumtambourine - a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sidestenor drum, tom-tom - any of various drums with small headstimbrel - small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
	2.	drum - the sound of a drum; "he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes"sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
	3.	drum - a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat endsbarrelcylinder - a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
	4.	drum - a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquidsmetal drumvessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
	5.	drum - a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakesbrake drumdrum brake - hydraulic brake in which friction is applied to the inside of a spinning drum by the brake shoecylinder - a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
	6.	drum - small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noisedrumfishsciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce soundEquetus pulcher, striped drum - a kind of drumfishEquetus lanceolatus, jackknife-fish - black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal finBairdiella chrysoura, mademoiselle, silver perch - small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexicochannel bass, red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, redfish - large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
Verb	1.	drum - make a rhythmic sound; "Rain drummed against the windshield"; "The drums beat all night"thrum, beatbeat - indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks; "Beat the rhythm"sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	drum - play a percussion instrumentmusic - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest"play - perform music on (a musical instrument); "He plays the flute"; "Can you play on this old recorder?"
	3.	drum - study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"bone, bone up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up, cram, get upcram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending examhit the books, study - learn by reading books; "He is studying geology in his room"; "I have an exam next week; I must hit the books now"

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noun1. barrel, tank, container, cylinder, canister, cask a drum of chemical waste2. pounding, beat, rhythm, thump, thumping, throb, vibration, patter, pitter-patter the drum of heavy feet on the stairsverb1. pound, beat, tap, rap, lash, thrash, tattoo, throb, pulsate, reverberate Rain drummed on the roof of the car.drum someone out discharge, dismiss, expel, throw out, exclude, oust, outlaw, banish, drive out, evict, cashier, send packing, turf out (informal) They are to be drummed out of the service.drum something into someone drive into, hammer into, instil into, din into, harp on about to Examples were drummed into students' heads.drum something up seek, attract, request, ask for, obtain, bid for, petition, round up, solicit, canvass drumming up business.

Translations

鼓鼓状容器鼓膜发出类似敲鼓的声音打鼓

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(dram) noun1. a musical instrument constructed of skin etc stretched on a round frame and beaten with a stick. He plays the drums.鼓2. something shaped like a drum, especially a container. an oil-drum.鼓状容器3. an eardrum. 鼓膜 verb – past tense, past participle drummed – 1. to beat a drum. 打鼓2. to tap continuously especially with the fingers. Stop drumming (your fingers) on the table! 连续敲击（用手指连续地敲） 3. to make a sound like someone beating a drum. The rain drummed on the metal roof.发出类似敲鼓的声音ˈdrummer noun a person who plays the drums. 敲鼓人ˈdrumstick noun1. a stick used for beating a drum. 鼓槌2. the lower part of the leg of a cooked chicken etc. （煮熟的）家禽腿下部 drum in/into to force someone to remember (something) by repeating it constantly. You never remember anything unless I drum it in/into you. 反复强调（用经常重复的方法迫使某人记住）

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drum (something) into (someone's) head

To educate someone of something through intense and frequent repetition. The teacher tried drumming the material into their heads before the statewide exam, but he was still concerned they weren't getting it. You never listen to what I'm telling you! Do I have to drum it into your head, or what?See also: drum, head

march to (the beat of) a different drum

To do something, act, or behave in a manner that does not conform to the standard, prevalent, or popular societal norm. My brother's eschewed the idea of a full-time career and has had every oddball job you could think of, but then he's always been happy marching to the beat of a different drum. Look, I respect the fact that you like to march to a different drum, but do you have to make a point of doing everything in a counter-cultural way?See also: beat, different, drum, march

march to (the beat of) (one's) own drum

To do something, act, or behave in a manner that does not conform to the standard, prevalent, or popular societal norm. My brother's eschewed the idea of a full-time career and has had every oddball job you could think of, but then he's always been happy marching to the beat of his own drum. Look, I respect the fact that you like to march to your own drum, but do you have to make a point of doing everything in a counter-cultural way?See also: beat, drum, march, own

pay with the roll of the drum

To avoid paying a debt. If you keep paying with the roll of the drum, you will soon owe me hundreds of dollars!See also: drum, of, pay, roll

bang the drum

To voice one's support for something. Quit banging the drum for that candidate—he is simply not qualified for the job.See also: bang, drum

beat the drum (for someone or something)

To voice one's support for something. Quit beating the drum for that applicant—he is simply not qualified for the job. At first the legislation didn't seem to have much support, but recently I've seen some people beating the drum online.See also: beat, drum, someone

march to (the beat of) a different drummer

To behave or do things in a manner that does not conform to the standard, prevalent, or popular societal norm. My brother eschewed the idea of a full-time career, taking all kinds of different oddball jobs. But then he's always been happy marching to the beat of a different drummer. Look, I respect the fact that you like to march to a different drummer, but do you have to do everything in such contrarian ways?See also: beat, different, drummer, march

drum into (one)

To teach someone something through intense and frequent repetition. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drum" and "into." The teacher tried drumming the material into them before the statewide exam, but he was still concerned they weren't getting it. You never listen to what I'm telling you! Do I have to drum it into you, or what?See also: drum

drum on (something)

To beat rhythmically on something. I drummed on the counter while waiting for the bank teller to process my transaction.See also: drum, on

drum out

1. To beat the rhythm of something, such as a song, so that someone can learn it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drum" and "out." Drum it out again, and I'll try to play along this time.2. To oust someone publicly, often amid scandal. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drum" and "out." The CEO was drummed out once the papers started reporting on his embezzlement of company funds.See also: drum, out

drum out of (something)

To oust someone publicly, often amid scandal. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drum" and "out." The CEO was drummed out of the company once the papers started reporting on his embezzlement of company funds.See also: drum, of, out

drum up

1. To work to gain or incite something, often interest or support. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drum" and "up." What else can we do to drum up more support for our campaign? I try to drum up enthusiasm for trigonometry, but my students are just not interested.2. To create or devise something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drum" and "up." We need to drum up a story before mom gets home and sees the vase we broke.See also: drum, up

(as) tight as a drum

1. Exceptionally taut; stretched very tight, as the skin of a drumhead. The muscles in his arms and back bulged as he lifted the crate, his skin as tight as a drum. They rushed the child to hospital when his abdomen became tight as a drum due to the swelling.2. Sealed so tightly or securely that water or air is unable to escape or enter. It's a lost art, being able to caulk a boat until it's as tight as a drum. The suit is tight as a drum to keep inclement weather conditions out, but the lack of ventilation turns it into something of a sauna while you wear it.See also: drum, tight

beat the drum for someone or something

and bang the drum for someone or somethingFig. to promote or support someone or something. (As if one were beating a drum to get attention.) I spent a lot of time beating the drum for our plans for the future. The senator is only banging the drum for his special interests.See also: beat, drum

drum on something

to tap, thump, or beat on something in rhythm. Who is drumming on the table? Please stop drumming on the wall.See also: drum, on

drum someone out of something

and drum someone outFig. to expel or send someone away from something, especially in a formal or public fashion. They drummed Bill out of the bridge club for having a bad attitude. The corps drums out a few cadets each year.See also: drum, of, out

drum something into someone

and drum something into someone's head; drum something inFig. to teach someone something intensely. Her mother had drummed good manners into her. She drummed in good manners day after day.See also: drum

drum something out

to beat a rhythm, loudly and clearly, as if teaching it to someone. Drum the rhythm out before you try to sing this song. Drum out the rhythm first.See also: drum, out

drum something up

to obtain something by attracting people's attention to one's need or cause. I shall try to drum up support for the party. You shall have to drum up new business by advertising. I need to do something to drum some business up.See also: drum, up

*tight as a drum

1. stretched tight. (*Also: as ~.) Julia stretched the upholstery fabric over the seat of the chair until it was as tight as a drum. The skin on his scalp is tight as a drum. 2. sealed tight. (*Also: as ~.) Now that I've caulked all the windows, the house should be tight as a drum. Your butterfly died because the jar is as tight as a drum. 3. and *tight as Midas's fist very stingy. (*Also: as ~.) He won't contribute a cent. He's as tight as a drum. Old Mr. Robinson is tight as Midas's fist. Won't spend money on anything.See also: drum, tight

beat into one's head

Also, knock or drum into one's head . Force one to learn something. For example, Hard as I try, I can't seem to beat the correct safe combination into my head, or He promised to drum the numbers into my head by morning, or Whether we liked it or not, the English department was determined to knock Shakespeare into our heads . Although beat implies violence, the first term, from the early 1500s, usually alludes more to a repeated striking of blows, that is, repetition or drilling; likewise with drum (alluding to drumbeats), which dates from the early 1800s. See also: beat, head

beat the drum for

Praise, promote, publicize, as in He's always beating the drum for his division, which actually has done very well. This term transfers the literal striking of a drum for ceremonial or other purposes to touting the virtues of a person, group, or product. [Mid-1900s] See also: beat, drum

drum out

Expel or dismiss publicly and in disgrace, as in They drummed him out of the club. This usage, which alludes to dismissal from a military service to the beat of a drum, began to be applied to civilian expulsions in the mid-1700s. See also: drum, out

drum up

1. Bring about by persistent effort, as in I'm trying to drum up more customers, or We have to drum up support for this amendment. This expression alludes to making repeated drumbeats. [Mid-1800s] 2. Devise, invent, obtain, as in He hoped to drum up an alibi. [Mid-1800s] See also: drum, up

tight as a drum

Taut or close-fitting; also, watertight. For example, That baby's eaten so much that the skin on his belly is tight as a drum, or You needn't worry about leaks; this tent is tight as a drum. Originally this expression alluded to the skin of a drumhead, which is tightly stretched, and in the mid-1800s was transferred to other kinds of tautness. Later, however, it sometimes referred to a drum-shaped container, such as an oil drum, which had to be well sealed to prevent leaks, and the expression then signified "watertight." See also: drum, tight

bang the drum

beat the drum

If you bang the drum or beat the drum for something or someone, you support them strongly and publicly. The trade secretary promised to `bang the drum for industry'. If the French want to beat the drum on behalf of French culture, good luck to them.See also: bang, drum

beat (or bang) the drum for (or of)

be ostentatiously in support of.See also: beat, drum

bang/beat the ˈdrum (for somebody/something)

(especially British English) speak with enthusiasm in support of somebody/something: She’s really banging the drum for the new system.See also: bang, beat, drum

march to (the beat of) a different ˈdrummer/ˈdrum

(also march to a different ˈtune less frequent) behave in a different way from other people; have different attitudes or ideas: She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.See also: different, drum, drummer, march

drum up

v.1. To bring something about by continuous, persistent effort: The advertising firm drummed up new business for us. The manager tried to drum interest up in the computer training classes.2. To obtain or resourcefully put together something that one needs; come up with something: The witness drummed up an alibi during the trial. We drummed some volunteers up for the project.See also: drum, up

beat the drum for someone/something

tv. to promote or support someone or something. I spent a lot of time beating the drum for our plans for the future. See also: beat, drum, someone, something

drum (something) into one's head, to

To force an idea on someone by means of persistent repetition. This expression, used since the early nineteenth century, alludes to performing drumbeats over and over. John Stuart Mill used it in his Political Economy (1848): “This doctrine has been . . . tolerably effectively drummed into the public mind.”See also: drum

drum up

To gather, to summon. Alluding to summoning recruits by beating a drum, this term has been used figuratively since the 1600s. It is often used in a business sense, as it was by Thomas Gray in a letter of 1849: “I will then drum up subscribers for Fendler.” An antonym is to drum out, meaning to dismiss or oust. In the military this, too, was signaled by beating a drum. This came to mean being fired from a job but is not heard as often today.See also: drum, up

tight as a drum

Close-fitting and taut. The analogy is to the skin of the drumhead, which is tightly stretched so that when it is struck the drum sounds as it should. This term was transferred in the nineteenth century to anything stretched taut; Thomas Hughes (Tom Brown’s School Days, 1857) described his hero as having eaten so much that “his little skin is as tight as a drum.” In succeeding years, however, the analogy itself was sometimes to a drum-shaped container for liquids, such as an oil drum, which of course must be well sealed to prevent leakage. Hence the expression “tight as a drum” also became synonymous with “watertight,” as in “The shelter they rigged up was as tight as a drum.”See also: drum, tight

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