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

telephone drum n. rare †(a) a cylindrical chamber forming the part of a signalling telephone (see sense 1b) in which sound is generated (obsolete); (b) a drum used for communicating messages over a distance, esp. one capable of producing a range of different tones, thus enabling complex messages to be expressed (cf. talking drum n. at talking adj. Compounds).

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1844 Illustr. London News 24 Aug. 118/1 The Indicator..to be placed on the Telephone Drum, to denote the signals made... The Telephone gamut notes are arranged for numbers either by the public or private key.

1890 F. E. Guinness Congo Recoll. ii. 30 The missionaries at the Equator Station had once practical evidence of the usefulness of the telephone drum, and of the fulness and accuracy of the news conveyed by it.

2008 Guardian 7 Mar. (Film & Music section) 14/2 The Manjaco and Balanta, with their rounded, lilting rhythms and ‘telephone drums’ that beat out messages to the neighbours, come from the coastal region.

单词	telephone drum
释义	> as lemmas telephone drum telephone drum n. rare †(a) a cylindrical chamber forming the part of a signalling telephone (see sense 1b) in which sound is generated (obsolete); (b) a drum used for communicating messages over a distance, esp. one capable of producing a range of different tones, thus enabling complex messages to be expressed (cf. talking drum n. at talking adj. Compounds). ΚΠ 1844 Illustr. London News 24 Aug. 118/1 The Indicator..to be placed on the Telephone Drum, to denote the signals made... The Telephone gamut notes are arranged for numbers either by the public or private key. 1890 F. E. Guinness Congo Recoll. ii. 30 The missionaries at the Equator Station had once practical evidence of the usefulness of the telephone drum, and of the fulness and accuracy of the news conveyed by it. 2008 Guardian 7 Mar. (Film & Music section) 14/2 The Manjaco and Balanta, with their rounded, lilting rhythms and ‘telephone drums’ that beat out messages to the neighbours, come from the coastal region. extracted from telephonen. < as lemmas
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