| 单词 | recruiting drum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrecruiting drum recruiting drum n. Military a drum sounded as a signal when recruits are sought; frequently figurative. ΚΠ 1760 Clockmaker's Polit. Hum-bug 57 His recruiting drum refused to beat to that tone. 1876 J. J. Hogaboam Bean Creek Valley 79 Degoyler was..patriotic;..the first tap of the recruiting drum fired him for action. 1922 E. Paul & C. Paul tr. W. Oechsli Hist. Switzerland iii. 26 The recruiting drums were sounded in Chur. 2005 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 31 July 15 A..season worryingly dominated by the incessant sound of Chelsea's recruiting drum. < as lemmas |
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