1.a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
2.the sound of a drum;
he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
3.a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
4.a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids
5.a hollow cast-iron cylinder attached to the wheel that forms part of the brakes
6.small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
1.make a rhythmic sound;
Rain drummed against the windshield
2.play a percussion instrument
3.study intensively, as before an exam;
I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
drum (鼓),一種打擊樂器,是在鼓身的一面或雙面蒙上一塊拉緊的膜。鼓可以用手或鼓杵敲擊出聲。鼓在非洲的傳統音樂以及在現代音樂中是一種比較重要的樂器,有的樂隊完全由以鼓為主的打擊樂器組成。除了作為樂器外鼓在古代許多文明中還用來傳播信息。按《禮記·明堂位》的記載,在很早的傳說中,“