英和和英

名詞

press roll (複数形 press rolls)

1. A type of heavy roller, especially as used in papermaking.
2. (jazz) A type of drum roll whereby the drumsticks are pressed against the skin of the drum.
   • 1946, Mezz Mezzrow; Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, New York: Random House, page 62:

     I really went for Ray's press roll on the drums; he was the first fay boy I ever heard who mastered this vital foundation of jazz music.