单词	drum
释义	noun | verb drumdrum1 /drʌm/ ●●● S3 noun [countable] Etymology ETYMOLOGYdrum1 Origin: 1500-1600 Probably from Dutch trom Collocations COLLOCATIONS► on drums  Who’s on drums (=playing the drums) tonight? ► play (the) drums  Jones quit school to play drums with a band. ► beat drums  Protesters beat drums and carried signs. 1 eng. lang. arts a musical instrument with a skin stretched over a circular frame, that you play by hitting it with your hand or a stick:  a snare drum Who’s on drums (=playing the drums) tonight?play (the) drums Jones quit school to play drums with a band. Protesters beat drums and carried signs.2a large round container for storing liquids such as oil, chemicals, etc.:  an oil drum a 50-gallon drum of paint thinner3something that looks like a drum, especially part of a machine:  brake drums4the low continuous sound of something hitting something else again and again:  the drum of horses’ hooves → see also beat somebody like a drum at beat1 (24), beat the drum for somebody/something at beat1 (23), drum roll noun | verb drumdrum2 verb (drummed, drumming) Verb Table VERB TABLE drum Simple Form Present I, you, we, they drum he, she, it drums Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they drummed Present perfect I, you, we, they have drummed he, she, it has drummed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had drummed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will drum Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have drummed Continuous Form Present I am drumming he, she, it is drumming you, we, they are drumming Past I, he, she, it was drumming you, we, they were drumming Present perfect I, you, we, they have been drumming he, she, it has been drumming Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been drumming Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be drumming Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been drumming Collocations COLLOCATIONS► drummed his fingers  He drummed his fingers (=hit lightly with his fingers) on the wood box a few times. 1[intransitive] eng. lang. arts to play a drum2[intransitive, transitive] to hit something again and again in a way that sounds like a drum:  Rain drummed on the windows. He drummed his fingers (=hit lightly with his fingers) on the wood box a few times.drum something into somebody phrasal verb to keep telling someone something until he or she cannot forget it SYN drill into:  Patriotism was drummed into us at school.drum somebody out of something phrasal verb to force someone to leave an organization:  He was drummed out of football for writing a very revealing book.drum something up phrasal verb to make an effort to obtain something such as support or business:  We’ve been working hard to drum up business on the East Coast.
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