- [countable]
a tool or machine with a pointed end for making holes 鑽；鑽頭；鑽床；鑽機 
an electric drill 電鑽 a hand drill 手鑽 a dentist’s drill 牙鑽 a drill bit (= the pointed part at the end of the drill) 鑽頭
- [countable, uncountable]
a way of learning something by means of repeated exercises 練習；訓練 - [countable, uncountable]
a practice of what to do in an emergency, for example if there is a fire （應對緊急情況的）演習 a fire drill 消防演習 This is not a drill! Please evacuate the building. 這不是演習！請撤離大樓。
Extra ExamplesThe school has a fire drill once a week. 學校每周有一次消防演習。 Air-raid drills and evacuation procedures have been practised. 空襲演習和疏散程序已經實施。
- [uncountable]
military training in marching, the use of weapons, etc. 軍事訓練；操練 rifle drill 步槍操練
- the drill[singular] (old-fashioned)
the correct or usual way to do something 正確的步驟；常規；程序 Extra ExamplesUsually a midwife was present: if not, Mother knew the drill. 通常有助産士在場:如果沒有，媽媽知道該怎麽做。
- [uncountable]
a type of strong cotton cloth 粗斜紋布 - [countable]
a machine for planting seeds in rows 條播機 a seed drill 播種機
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 5 early 17th cent.: from Middle Dutch drillen ‘bore, turn in a circle’. noun sense 7 early 18th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘small furrow’): perhaps from drill ‘make a hole’. noun sense 6 early 18th cent.: abbreviation of earlier drilling, from German Drillich, from Latin trilix ‘triple-twilled’, from tri- ‘three’ + licium ‘thread’.