Tra từ drum - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

drum [drum drums drummed drumming] noun, verb BrE [drʌm] NAmE [drʌm]
noun
1. a musical instrument made of a hollow round frame with plastic or skin stretched tightly across one or both ends. You play it by hitting it with sticks or with your hands
•a bass drum
•Tony Cox on drums
•to play the drums
•a regular drum beat
• There was a great crash and then a long roll of drums.
2. a large container for oil or chemicals, shaped like a ↑cylinder
•a 50 gallon drum
•an oil drum
3. a thing shaped like a drum, especially part of a machine
• The mixture flows to a revolving drum where the water is filtered out.
more at march to (the beat of) a different drummer/drum at ↑march

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.

Example Bank:
•Hazardous waste is stored in drums until it can be disposed of.
Idioms: ↑beat the drum ▪ ↑drum something into somebody's head
Derived: ↑drum somebody out ▪ ↑drum something into somebody ▪ ↑drum something up

verb (-mm-)
1. intransitive to play a drum
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) on sth to make a sound by hitting a surface again and again
•Impatiently, he drummed his fingers on the table.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch or Low German tromme, of imitative origin.

Example Bank:
•His fingers drummed on the door frame.