| 单词 | to beat a drum |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto beat a drum a. to beat a drum, etc.: to strike it so as to produce rhythmical sound. (Formerly with up.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > beating drum > beat drum [verb (intransitive)] tabor1377 taborna1400 nakerc1425 drum1597 dub-a-dub1598 to beat a drum1621 rub-a-dub1837 beat1841 to beat a tattoo1841 tom-tom1860 rataplan1863 tambourin1884 1621 Knolles's Gen. Hist. Turkes (ed. 3) 1381 Beating vp his drummes in euery quarter. 1647 T. May Hist. Parl. ii. v. 92 Drums were beat up in London..for Souldiers to be sent to Hull. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 95 E'er hollow Drums were beat. View more context for this quotation 1832 W. Hone Year Bk. 1294 Beating a drum, and blowing the hautboy. < as lemmas |
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