kettledrum

/ket-l-druhm/US // ˈkɛt lˌdrʌm //UK // (ˈkɛtəlˌdrʌm) //

鼓点,鼓锤,鼓声,鼓点声

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.

as insteel drum

Synonyms

The carpenter sat beside him with a kettledrum, more literally a kettledrum even than the real thing, for that drum was a kettle!
Dicky Wyatt writes, in answer to Helvellyn, that the word "Kettledrum" means a large social party.
It was about a fine kettledrum all tasselled in royal fashion, with gold and silver, that Ibrahim's father had given him.
The names given during the middle ages to the kettledrum are derived from the East.
Said the slave-girl: “The large kettledrum sounds so sad to-day; some misfortune must surely have happened to the kettledrummer!”