单词 | drum-like |
例句 | We came to a strange-looking machine consisting of a huge set of gears connecting a series of drum-like rollers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The man who popularised the technique on electric bass was Larry Graham, who used his thumb to create a drum-like thud when playing without a drummer in bars alongside his mother. Paying homage to 'slap' bass 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z Beatboxing and vocal percussion are two related ways of making drum-like sounds with your mouth. Sitka campers sound it out with beatboxing 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Each member wears a long velvet robe, a big drum-like hat and a mask depicting an old man — a costume meant to mock the Spanish conquerors. In Mexico, posadas bring early Christmas spirit, community 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z Cicadas sing by flexing small drum-like organs in their abdomens, and what you hear in the trees is called a chorus. EXPLAINER: What are cicadas and why do they bug some people? 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The males are the noisy ones, serenading females by vibrating a drum-like membrane in their abdomens. A buggier-than-normal summer in Virginia? Yes — for cicadas 2020-09-20T04:00:00Z “Male cicadas use drum-like structures on their abdomen called tymbals to create a loud, high-pitched buzz to attract female companions, who respond with a quick flick of their wings together,” it explains on its website. Get set for the return of cicadas and their 'alien-like wail' after 17 years underground 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Above this the guns toll ceaselessly, shaking, as it seems, the very ground itself with a series of sullen "thuds", filling the atmosphere with great vibrations, drum-like echoes, and rolling clouds of smoke. Across the Cameroons A Story of War and Adventure 2012-03-19T02:00:28.667Z The polishing machine is cylindrical or drum-like in shape. How We are Fed A Geographical Reader 2012-02-07T03:00:10.237Z At the time, workers were racing to finish an unprecedented repair to address a dangerous defect: cracks in the drum-like steel assembly known as the "shroud" surrounding the radioactive core of the reactor. Special report: Japan's "throwaway" nuclear workers 2011-06-24T08:14:23Z He bared his right forearm; across the drum-like skin ran a long seared scar. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z I knew it was no uncertain hand which held the hammer, for the strokes were vigorous and in time, interrupted now and again by the drum-like roll as the hammer danced upon the anvil. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z A drum-like steel cylinder studded with green rubber balls, the Johnny Walker spins above the rolling belts of its victims, pummeling them with blows meant to simulate the footsteps of a 170-lb. runner. Who's Afraid of Steve Jobs? 2010-07-22T21:00:00Z That muffled, drum-like thud, coming nearer and nearer towards him out of the quiet distance, had some connection—undecipherable as yet—with the curious, dry, rattling sound belonging to the Wave. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath The rest took up the drum-like cry, and marched after him two and two. A Spoil of Office A Story of the Modern West The rifle and machine-gun fire never ceased, but rose and fell, sinking at times to a rapid spluttering crackle, rising again to a booming drum-like roll. Between the Lines The same active influence accompanies the Jacobite songs—"Up wi' the bonnets for bonnie Dundee!" filled many a legion for Prince Charles—and the blood kindles yet to their fife-like and drum-like movements. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Tibial membrane: in male Cicada, the drum-like vibratory membrane that produces the sound. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology Again uttering his horrible roar, he began slowly to advance, at the same time beating his drum-like chest with his doubled fist. The Gorilla Hunters Something struck the hood with a dull drum-like thud. The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor The last were enclosed in drum-like capsules of gold, hermetically closed on both sides. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 The majority of the beds were smaller and lower, however, and the pillars usually rose out of drum-like members, huge acorn-like bulbs that were often so large as to be ugly. Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today Her face was thin and the bones were visible under the drum-like skin; her hands were merely claws. The Goose Girl This reappears with great solemnity, which is emphasized by tolling, drum-like strokes, in the bass. Edward MacDowell The rain cascaded upon the canvas in torrents, with the dull, drum-like sound familiar to dwellers in tents. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians It made its appearance in a round drum-like tub of clean white wood, as big as a bandbox, and bound round with shining brass. Kimono The heart of the transmitter was an electro-magnet in front of which was a drum-like membrane with a piece of iron cemented to its center opposite the magnet. Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty Rod's heart began to beat with drum-like fierceness. The Gold Hunters A Story of Life and Adventure in the Hudson Bay Wilds And making the acknowledgment to himself, his heart took to beating quick and drum-like. The Prince of India — Volume 01 The chuckling, drum-like note of laughter came again out of St. Pierre's great chest. The Flaming Forest Careful palpation showed a uniform, drum-like resistance, otherwise nothing abnormal. Appendicitis Then the mare's hoofs had danced three times on the drum-like sleepers of the crossing, and man and horse were bounding springily, unequally up the road. Women in Love In walking over this extensive surface, there was occasionally a hollow, drum-like sound beneath the feet, denoting subterranean cavities in the porous and soluble strata beneath the harder upper stratum. Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 |
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