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drummer
drum·mer D0401900 (drŭm′ər)n.1. One who plays a drum, as in a band.2. A traveling salesperson.drummer (ˈdrʌmə) n1. (Instruments) a person who plays a drum or set of drums2. (Professions) chiefly US a salesman, esp a travelling salesman3. (Agriculture) slang Austral and NZ the slowest shearer in a teamdrum•mer (ˈdrʌm ər)
n. 1. a person who plays a drum. 2. a commercial traveler or traveling sales representative. [1565–75] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  drummer - someone who plays a drum percussionist - a musician who plays percussion instrumentstimpanist, tympanist - a person who plays the kettledrums |
Translationsdrum (dram) noun1. a musical instrument constructed of skin etc stretched on a round frame and beaten with a stick. He plays the drums. 鼓 鼓2. something shaped like a drum, especially a container. an oil-drum. 鼓狀物(尤指容器) 鼓状容器3. an eardrum. 耳膜 鼓膜 verb – past tense, past participle drummed – 1. to beat a drum. 打鼓 打鼓2. to tap continuously especially with the fingers. Stop drumming (your fingers) on the table! 持續輕敲(尤其是用手指) 连续敲击（用手指连续地敲） 3. to make a sound like someone beating a drum. The rain drummed on the metal roof. 發出類似擊鼓聲 发出类似敲鼓的声音ˈdrummer noun a person who plays the drums. 鼓手 敲鼓人ˈdrumstick noun1. a stick used for beating a drum. 鼓棒 鼓槌2. the lower part of the leg of a cooked chicken etc. 可食用的家禽小腿(俗稱棒棒腿) （煮熟的）家禽腿下部 drum in/into to force someone to remember (something) by repeating it constantly. You never remember anything unless I drum it in/into you. 強行灌輸(某觀念) 反复强调（用经常重复的方法迫使某人记住） drummer
march to (the beat of) a different drummerTo behave or do things in a manner that does not conform to the standard, prevalent, or popular societal norm. My brother eschewed the idea of a full-time career, taking all kinds of different oddball jobs. But then he's always been happy marching to the beat of a different drummer. Look, I respect the fact that you like to march to a different drummer, but do you have to do everything in such contrarian ways?See also: beat, different, drummer, marchmarch to a different beatTo do something, act, or behave in a manner that does not conform to the standard, prevalent, or popular societal norm. My brother's eschewed the idea of a full-time career and has had every oddball job you could think of, but then he's always been happy marching to a different beat. Look, I respect the fact that you like to march to a different beat, but do you have to make a point of doing everything in a contrarian way?See also: beat, different, marchmarch to (the beat of) a different drummerFig. to believe in a different set of principles. John is marching to a different drummer, and he doesn't associate with us anymore. Since Sally started marching to the beat of a different drummer, she has had a lot of great new ideas.See also: different, drummer, marchmarch to a different beatAlso, march to a different drummer. Act independently, differ in conduct or ideas from most others, as in Joe wanted to be married on a mountain top-he always marches to a different beat, or Sarah has her own ideas for the campaign; she marches to a different drummer. This idiom, alluding to being out of step in a parade, is a version of Henry David Thoreau's statement in Walden (1854): "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer." It came into wide use in the mid-1900s. See also: beat, different, marchmarch to a different tune BRITISH or march to a different drummer mainly AMERICANIf someone marches to a different tune, they behave differently from most people or have different beliefs about what is morally right. Throughout his whole career, Clough marched to a different tune. As a player, Lindner has always marched to a different drummer. Note: You can also say that someone marches to the beat of a different drummer. He is a leader who marches to the beat of quite a different drummer.See also: different, march, tunemarch to (the beat of) a different tune (or drum or drummer) consciously adopt a different approach or attitude to the majority of people; be unconventional. informal The version with drummer comes ultimately from Henry David Thoreau's Walden ( 1854 ): ‘If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer’. 1997 New Scientist In formulating his ideas about the composition of the fundamental building blocks of matter…Sternglass has marched to the beat of an entirely different drum. See also: different, march, tunemarch to (the beat of) a different ˈdrummer/ˈdrum (also march to a different ˈtune less frequent) behave in a different way from other people; have different attitudes or ideas: She was a gifted and original artist who marched to a different drummer.See also: different, drum, drummer, marchmarch to (the beat of) a different drummer, toTo follow principles quite different from those of most others. This term, which became current in the mid-twentieth century, actually has its source in the last chapter of Thoreau’s Walden (1854): “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.” Thoreau, champion of individualism, was hailed by the antiestablishmentarians of the 1960s in particular, who picked up a version of his phrase. Quoting a business executive, Connie Bruck wrote in a 1990 New Yorker article, “We saw ourselves . . . as the tough guys, very smart, who were marching to our own drummer.”See also: beat, different, marchEncyclopediaSeedrumdrummer
Words related to drummernoun someone who plays a drumRelated Words- percussionist
- timpanist
- tympanist
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