英语词汇“drum-beater”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

drum-beater n. (a) a person who beats a drum; (b) figurative (originally) a proponent of going to war; (more generally) a vehement supporter of a cause, idea, product, etc.; (c) an implement used to beat a drum, esp. a stick with a padded end.

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1704 Athenian Oracle III. 423/1 The Drum-beaters usually held their Drums before them, which on advancing to the Attacks, proved extraordinary good Armour.

1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xiii. 129 Earning their money, if ever men did, especially the drum-beaters, who were very muscular.

1916 Christian Workers Mag. July 829 The truth lies between the drum beaters on the one side and the puling pacifists on the other.

1942 H. K. Smith Last Train from Berlin iv. 83 Repeated protestations are a sign the drum-beater doesn't quite believe his own case.

1970 E. Tooker Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter i. 28 A single, simply carved wooden stick is used as a drum beater.

2005 T. Marx Contemp. Western Design 123 The drum beater is made from an elk bone.

2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 June (Week in Review section) 12/5 He didn't just cast a vote but was a drumbeater for the propaganda.

单词	drum-beater
释义	> as lemmas drum-beater drum-beater n. (a) a person who beats a drum; (b) figurative (originally) a proponent of going to war; (more generally) a vehement supporter of a cause, idea, product, etc.; (c) an implement used to beat a drum, esp. a stick with a padded end. ΚΠ 1704 Athenian Oracle III. 423/1 The Drum-beaters usually held their Drums before them, which on advancing to the Attacks, proved extraordinary good Armour. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xiii. 129 Earning their money, if ever men did, especially the drum-beaters, who were very muscular. 1916 Christian Workers Mag. July 829 The truth lies between the drum beaters on the one side and the puling pacifists on the other. 1942 H. K. Smith Last Train from Berlin iv. 83 Repeated protestations are a sign the drum-beater doesn't quite believe his own case. 1970 E. Tooker Iroquois Ceremonial of Midwinter i. 28 A single, simply carved wooden stick is used as a drum beater. 2005 T. Marx Contemp. Western Design 123 The drum beater is made from an elk bone. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 June (Week in Review section) 12/5 He didn't just cast a vote but was a drumbeater for the propaganda. extracted from drumn.¹ < as lemmas
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