单词 | drone |
释义 | drone 2 ![]() v. droned, dron·ing, drones v.intr. 1. To make a continuous low dull humming sound: "Somewhere an electric fan droned without end" (William Styron). 2. To speak in a monotonous tone: The lecturer droned on for hours. 3. To pass or act in a monotonous way. v.tr. To utter in a monotonous low tone: "The mosquitoes droned their angry chant" (W. Somerset Maugham). n. 1. A continuous low humming or buzzing sound. 2. Music a. Any of the pipes of a bagpipe that lack finger holes and produce a single tone. b. A long sustained tone. c. Any of various instruments that produce only a constant pitch. [From DRONE1 (from the bee's humming sound).] |
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