3Tsomething that looks like a drum, especially part of a machine 鼓状物;〔尤指机器的〕鼓轮,滚筒
a brake drum
制动鼓
4bang/beat the drum for somebody/somethingSAY/STATEto speak eagerly in support of someone or something 为某人/某物竭力鼓吹[摇旗呐喊]
The company is banging the drum for their new software.
这家公司在大力宣传自己的新软件。
5the drum of somethingCa sound like the sound a drum makes 某物击鼓似的声音
the drum of the rain on the window
雨打在窗户上发出的啪嗒声
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the drum of something• Sharp, gutturalcriesaccompaniedthe drum of hooves.• This could be Pat Buchanan, beatingthe drum of working-class Republicanism.• The mastercopy is then placed round the drum of the duplicator.• But such long-termism is out of step not only with the more immediate demands ofindustry, but the drum of government policy.
An information booklet will be available and press advertisements will drum home the message.
先提供资料手册,再用报刊广告进一步加深印象。
4drum something into somebodyphrasal verbphr vTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingto keep telling someone something until they cannot forget it 向〔某人〕反复灌输〔某种观点直到记住为止〕
‘Don’t talk to strangers’ is a message drummed into children.
“别跟陌生人说话” 是反复向儿童灌输的一句警告。
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drum into • The master is placed on a drum and comes into contact with damprollers then ink rollers.• Jones drummed old-time learning into his chosen corps and, in March 1937, Richard sat the scholarship and passed it.• He'd given up trying to drum his fingers into his thigh.• What notes were these anyway banged out on a pan, petroldrums forged intospinets and harpsichords?• Ultimately the woodendrum was transmuted into the body of the membranedrum.• You have to drum it into them.• Shocktactics to drum safety into young drivers.
5drum somebody out of somethingphrasal verbphr vSSOLEAVE A PLACEto force someone to leave an organization, place, or job 迫使〔某人〕离开〔某个组织、场所等〕;开除,逐出
He was drummed out of the army.
他被军队开除了。
6drum something ↔ upphrasal verbphr vGETto get support, interest, attention etc from people by making an effort 争取〔支持〕;引起〔兴趣、注意等〕
He travelled throughout Latin America drumming up support for the confederation.
他游遍拉丁美洲为联盟谋求支持。
The organization is using the event to drum up business (=get more work and sales).
drum up business• Cheltenham & Gloucester and the Yorkshire are taking the discountroute to drum up business.• They bought a truck and proceeded to drum up business.
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drum• He drums his fingers on the chairback as he passes.• Raindrummed on the windows.• He could hear her drumming the desktop with her fingers, waiting for him to put the cover on the typewriter.• He hopes to drum up the support of sympathetic congressmen who blame the law for high fares.
drummed ... fingers• Harrison drummed his fingers impatiently against the surface of the table.• She pulled up her nightgown and drummed her fingers on her swollenbelly.• Bowmandrummed his fingers on the console.• I drummed my fingers on the desktop.• Mulcahey drummed his fingers on the table, tat-tat, tat-tat, rat-a-tat-tat-tat.• Herr Nordern gulped his beer and drummed his fingers on the table.• Venner grinned amiably around whilst Clinton, as cool as ever, drummed his fingers soundlessly on the table top.
From Longman Business Dictionary
drumdrum1 /drʌm/ noun [countableC]
a large round container for storing liquids such as oil, chemicals etc