rubadub

(鼓)冬冬地响

发音

US

词形变化

rubadubs 复数 rubadubs

别名

rub-a-dub

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The sound of a drum being continuously beaten.

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  2. 2.

    A clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.

    可数 不可数 引申义

    July 17 1850, Daniel Webster, "a speech", documented in Notes and Queries the rubadub of the abolition presses

  3. 3.

    A Jamaican style of dance with suggestive rubbing or grinding motions.

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  4. 4.

    A pub or club.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  5. 5.

    A drunkard.

    可数 俚语 不可数

    MOE: C'mon, Homer, do it for your old pal Moesy. BARNEY: But Moe, yesterday you called Homer a worthless sack of—

    2002, "The Bad Family" (TV episode of Baby Blues.)

    MELINDA: OH MY GOD, I bet Darryl's out there every night watching me do my lady's buissness! Why doesn't Wanda do something? CARL: Probably passed out in a puddle of her own sick. MELINDA: This is awful! we're living next to a rubadub and a peeper.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

drumbeat rataplan

上位词 1

sound

词源

(drum sound): Imitative.

来源：wiktionary