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drum 的音标为英 /drʌm/、美 /drʌm/,是一个兼具名词和动词功能的多义词。作为名词,它最核心的含义是“鼓”这种打击乐器,通过敲击鼓面发声,例如“战场上的鼓声鼓舞了战士们”;也可指“鼓状物”,如圆柱形的油桶(oil drum)或机械中的滚筒(brake drum)。作为动词时,意为“击鼓”“连续敲击”或“反复灌输”,如“他用指尖敲击桌子”或“反复向孩子强调安全规则”。

用法与搭配

名词用法

乐器相关:表示“鼓”时,常与动词 beat/play 搭配,如 play the drum(打鼓),注意需加定冠词“the”。

鼓状物:指圆柱形容器或机械部件,如 oil drum(油桶)、magnetic drum(磁鼓存储器)。

固定短语drum roll(鼓声滚奏,营造紧张氛围)、drum tower(鼓楼,传统建筑)。

动词用法

敲击动作:后接介词 on/against 表示“在……上敲击”,如 drum on the table(敲桌子)。

反复强调drum into 表示“反复灌输”,如 drum safety rules into children(向孩子灌输安全规则)。

招徕与驱逐drum up 意为“竭力争取”(如 drum up support 争取支持),drum out 则表示“开除”(如 drummed out of the army 被逐出军队)。

例句

名词(乐器):The drummer played the drum with great enthusiasm.(鼓手热情地敲鼓。)

名词(鼓状物):The oil drum was leaking from the bottom.(油桶底部在漏油。)

动词(敲击):Rain drummed against the window all night.(雨水整夜敲打着窗户。)

动词(反复灌输):She drummed it into the children that they must not run across roads.(她反复告诫孩子不可横穿马路。)

短语(招徕):The team is drumming up interest in their new project.(团队正为新项目争取关注。)

短语(驱逐):He was drummed out of the club for cheating.(他因作弊被俱乐部开除。)

科技领域:Early computers used drum memory for data storage.(早期计算机用磁鼓存储器存储数据。)

日常场景:The sound of drums filled the street during the festival.(节日期间街上鼓声震天。)

比喻用法:His heartbeat drummed in his ears as he ran.(他跑步时心跳如鼓。)

固定搭配:The drum roll announced the winner’s arrival.(鼓声滚奏宣告获奖者登场。)

常见短语搭配

 

短语 含义 例句
drum up 招徕;争取 We need to drum up more customers.
drum into 反复灌输 Drum the rules into your students.
beat the drum for 鼓吹;宣传 He’s beating the drum for environmental protection.
march to one’s own drum 按自己的节奏行事 She always marches to her own drum.

 

从乐器到机械部件,从日常动作到抽象概念,drum 的灵活性使其在语言中应用广泛。掌握它的多重含义和搭配,能让表达更精准生动——你是否也能用 drum 造一个包含比喻义的句子呢?