play the drums
表示乐器时常用复数形式。
She plays the drums in a band.
她在乐队里打鼓。
鼓
drums — plural of drum
鼓声；圆桶；大桶；油桶；圆筒状物；鼓形物；鼓形座；柱鼓；石首鱼
a musical instrument with a skin stretched over a hollow cylinder, played by hitting it
打击乐器,至少一端覆有薄皮用于敲击,构成共鸣腔；即膜鸣乐器
A percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber; a membranophone.
一种打击乐器；通常由一个中空圆柱体和两端拉紧的膜组成
a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
任何类似的空心圆柱形物体
Any similar hollow, cylindrical object.
鼓声
the sound of a drum
用于液体运输和储存的桶或大型圆柱形容器
A barrel or large cylindrical container for liquid transport and storage.
鼓起的圆柱形状；中空且两端平坦
a bulging cylindrical shape; hollow with flat ends
支撑穹顶或圆顶的环形墙
The encircling wall that supports a dome or cupola.
构成柱身的圆柱形块体之一。
Any of the cylindrical blocks that make up the shaft of a pillar.
鼓鱼(石首鱼科)。
A drumfish (family Sciaenidae).
She bought a new drum for her music class.
她为音乐课买了一个新鼓。
用法提示：这里'drum'是单数名词，指一种乐器。
AI contextual example
The drum is the oldest instrument in the orchestra.
鼓是管弦乐队中最古老的乐器。
用法提示：'drum'作为名词，指鼓这种乐器。
AI contextual example
The sound of the drums filled the stadium.
鼓声充满了整个体育场。
用法提示：'drums'是'drum'的复数形式，指多个鼓或一套鼓。
AI contextual example
表示乐器时常用复数形式。
She plays the drums in a band.
她在乐队里打鼓。
也可用单数形式指单个鼓。
He beat the drum rhythmically.
他有节奏地敲鼓。
barrel 与 drum 都指圆筒形容器；drum 通常指平顶平底的金属或塑料油桶，barrel 常指中部凸起的木桶，不能完全互换。
cask 强调木制、传统酒桶，容量较大，常用于酿酒陈酿，不宜用于现代工业中的金属油桶。
keg 是小型桶，容量远小于 drum，多用于酒吧送酒，不能替代大型储存桶。
canister 体积小且必有盖，与 drum 的大容量工业桶完全不同，不可互换。
grammar · medium
易错句子He plays drum in a band.
正确表达He plays the drums in a band.
在英语中，表示演奏乐器时，乐器名称前通常需要加定冠词“the”，且像drum这类乐器常以复数形式drums出现，表示一类乐器。
grammar · medium
易错句子I like to listen to drum.
正确表达I like to listen to drums.
当泛指鼓这种乐器或鼓声时，通常使用复数形式drums，而非单数drum，因为单数形式多指具体的一个鼓。
打鼓
He learned to play the drums when he was young.
他年轻时学会了打鼓。
架子鼓；鼓组
She bought a new drum kit.
她买了一套新架子鼓。
敲鼓
The parade started with people beating drums.
游行在人们敲鼓中开始了。
鼓点连击；一串击鼓声
The drummer performed a dramatic drum roll.
鼓手表演了一段戏剧性的鼓点连击。
争取支持；大力募集支持
They tried to drum up support for the new policy.
他们试图为新政策争取支持。
反复灌输；将…反复教给某人
His mother drummed good manners into him.
他妈妈反复向他灌输礼貌。
招揽，鼓动
They are trying to drum up support for the new policy.
他们正在努力为新政策争取支持。
反复灌输
The teacher drummed the multiplication tables into the students.
老师反复向学生们灌输乘法表。
开除，逐出
He was drummed out of the army for misconduct.
他因行为不端被军队开除。
鼓是乐队的心跳。
The famous line 'The drum is the heartbeat of the band' is from the film 'Drumline'.
著名的台词“鼓是乐队的心跳”出自电影《鼓手》.
来，他们告诉我，啪-锵-锵-锵，去看新生的王……我们带来最好的礼物，啪-锵-锵-锵，放在王面前……
The Christmas carol 'The Little Drummer Boy' features the drum's sound 'pa rum pum pum pum'.
圣诞颂歌《小鼓手》中有鼓的声音“啪-锵-锵-锵”。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.