The drum, at any rate, from its martial voice and notable physiological effect, nay, even from its cumbrous and comical shape, stands alone among the instruments of noise.
无论如何,鼓凭着威武的声音、显著的生理作用,甚至那笨重而滑稽的外形,在各种发声乐器中独树一帜。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · An Inland Voyage · At Landrecies —