n.

1. 鼓[C]
2. 鼓狀物；圓桶；滾筒；鼓輪；磁鼓[C]
   Oil is shipped in drums.

   汽油裝桶運送。

3. 鼓聲；打鼓般的聲音[the S]

vi.

1. 打鼓
2. 咚咚地敲[Q]
   He drummed on the table.

   他在桌上敲擊。

3. （鳥，昆蟲等）發出嗡嗡聲

vt.

1. 打鼓奏（曲調）；敲出（曲調）
2. 咚咚地敲
   He has the annoying habit of drumming the table with his fingertips.

   他有用手指尖敲擊桌子的惱人習慣。

3. 大力徵集，召集[（+up）]
   We couldn't drum up enough boys to make a football team.

   我們召集不到足夠的男孩組成足球隊。

4. 灌輸
   I drummed the traffic regulations into my son's head.

   我對兒子反覆講了交通規則。

n.

1. a percussion instrument sounded by being struck with sticks or the hands, typically cylindrical, barrel-shaped, or bowl-shaped with a taut membrane over one or both ends.
   ▸a sound made by or resembling that of a drum.
2. a cylindrical object or part, especially a container:
   an oil drum.
   ▸Architecture  the circular vertical wall supporting a dome.
3. historical a military drummer.
4. Brit. informal a house or flat.
   ▸Austral./NZ informal a brothel.
5. a tea party of a kind popular in the late 18th and early 19th century.
6. Austral./NZ informal a piece of reliable inside information.

v.

1. play on a drum.
   ▸make a continuous rhythmic noise.
2. (drum something into) drive a lesson into (someone) by constant repetition.
3. (drum someone out) expel or dismiss someone with ignominy.
4. (drum something up) attempt to obtain something by canvassing or soliciting:
   they drummed up support.

n.

[名]

1. ①鼓。
2. ②鐵桶。