His beating on the kettledrum brought honor to his family.

他敲击铁鼓为他的家人带来了荣誉。

" Cobbles and kettledrums! " thought Trumpkin. " I hope this madness isn't going to end in a moonlight climb and broken necks."

“上帝保佑，上帝保佑！”杜鲁普金想道，“但愿这疯狂的举动不要以趁着月光攀岩然后摔断脖子结束！”

Did you never meet, far down the street, With plumes and banners gay, While the kettle, for the kettledrum, Played your march, march away?

难道你不曾在街边上，遇上挥舞鲜艳羽毛和旗帜的队伍，当作鼓的水壶咚咚敲着进行曲，伴随你行进的每一步？

Every year during the month of March a family of ragged gypsies would set up their tents near the village, and with a great uproar of pipes and kettledrums they would display new inventions.

每年三月，衣衫褴楼的吉卜赛人都要在村边搭起帐篷，在笛鼓的喧嚣声中，向马孔多的居民介绍科学家的最新发明。