drill /drɪl/ star2 CET4 TEM4 (drilling,drilled,drills)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A drill is a tool or machine that you use for making holes. 钻孔机

  例：

  ...a dentist's drill.

  …一把牙钻。

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） A drill is a routine exercise or activity, in which people practise what they should do in dangerous situations. 操练

  例：

  ...a fire drill.

  …一场消防演习。

• 3.  

  V-T/V-I（及物动词/不及物动词） When you drill into something or drill a hole in something, you make a hole in it using a drill. 钻 (孔); 打 (眼)

  例：

  He drilled into the wall of Lili's bedroom.

  他在丽莉卧室的墙上打孔。

• 4.  

  V-I（不及物动词） When people drill for oil or water, they search for it by drilling deep holes in the ground or in the bottom of the sea. 钻探 (石油或地下水源)

  例：

  There have been proposals to drill for more oil.

  有人提出了钻探更多石油的建议。

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  N-VAR（有变体名词） A drill is repeated training for a group of people, especially soldiers, so that they can do something quickly and efficiently. 训练

  例：

  The Marines carried out landing exercises in a drill that includes 18 ships and 90 aircraft.

  海军陆战队在一场军事训练中进行了登陆练习，包括18艘军舰和90架飞机。

• 6.  

  V（动词） to teach by rigorous exercises or training (通过严格训练来)教学
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  N（名词） a machine for planting seeds in rows or depositing fertilizer 条播机
• 8.  

  V（动词） to plant (seeds) by means of a drill 条播
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  N（名词） a hard-wearing twill-weave cotton cloth, used for uniforms, etc 粗斜纹布
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  N（名词） an Old World monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of W Africa, related to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly coloured (西非)鬼狒