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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

drumhead

/druhm-hed/US // ˈdrʌmˌhɛd //UK // (ˈdrʌmˌhɛd) //

鼓头,鼓面,鼓口,鼓嘴

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the membrane stretched upon a drum.
    • : the top part of a capstan.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characteristic of a drumhead court-martial; carried out in summary fashion: a drumhead execution.

Examples

  • How can you catch trout with everything frozen as tight as a drumhead?

  • The paper, having been previously damped, in drying contracts and tightens like a drumhead.

  • When Josiah awoke the Mary Ellen was heeled over on her side, her sail as tight as a drumhead.

  • A drumhead court-martial sentenced the young Virginian to receive one hundred lashes on the bare back.

  • In the back of his head there formed a little picture—a drumhead court-martial, a provost guard, a tree and a rope.

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