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单词 drill
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drill

noun
/drɪl/
/drɪl/
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    [countable]     a tool or machine with a pointed end for making holes
    • an electric drill
    • a hand drill
    • a dentist’s drill
    • a drill bit (= the pointed part at the end of the drill)
    see also hammer drill, percussion drill, pneumatic drill
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    • anaesthetic
    • cavity
    • check-up
    • crown
    • dentist
    • dentures
    • drill
    • extract
    • filling
    • hygienist
  2. [countable, uncountable] a way of learning something by means of repeated exercisesTopics Educationc2, Languagec2
  3. [countable, uncountable] a practice of what to do in an emergency, for example if there is a fire
    • a fire drill
    • This is not a drill! Please evacuate the building.
    Extra Examples
    • The school has a fire drill once a week.
    • Air-raid drills and evacuation procedures have been practised.
  4. [uncountable] military training in marching, the use of weapons, etc.
    • rifle drill
    see also pack drillTopics War and conflictc2
  5. the drill
     [singular] (old-fashioned) the correct or usual way to do something synonym procedure
    • What's the drill for claiming expenses?
    Extra Examples
    • Usually a midwife was present: if not, Mother knew the drill.
  6. [uncountable] a type of strong cotton cloth
  7. [countable] a machine for planting seeds in rows
    • a seed drill
    8. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 early 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’. noun sense 7 early 18th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘small furrow’): perhaps from drill ‘make a hole’. noun sense 6 early 18th cent.: abbreviation of earlier drilling, from German Drillich, from Latin trilix ‘triple-twilled’, from tri- ‘three’ + licium ‘thread’.

drill

verb
/drɪl/
/drɪl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they drill
/drɪl/
/drɪl/
he / she / it drills
/drɪlz/
/drɪlz/
past simple drilled
/drɪld/
/drɪld/
past participle drilled
/drɪld/
/drɪld/
-ing form drilling
/ˈdrɪlɪŋ/
/ˈdrɪlɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to make a hole in something, using a drill
    • drill something Drill a series of holes in the frame.
    • The dentist started drilling my tooth.
    • drill (through something) He drilled through the wall by mistake.
  2. [intransitive] drill (for something) to try to get oil or water by drilling in the ground or sea bed
    • They're drilling for oil off the Irish coast.
    Topics The environmentc1
  3. [transitive] to teach somebody to do something by making them repeat it a lot of times
    • drill somebody to do something The children were drilled to leave the classroom quickly when the fire bell rang.
    • drill somebody a well-drilled team
    • drill somebody in something Recruits are drilled in basic techniques over the five-day course.
    • Recruits were thoroughly drilled in all aspects of military procedure.
    Topics Languagec2
  4. [transitive] drill somebody to train soldiers to perform military actions
    • The soldiers were being drilled outside the barracks.
  5. [transitive] drill something + adv./prep. to hit or kick a ball hard and in a straight line
    • She drilled the ball into the back of the net.
    6. Word Originverb early 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’.
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