| 单词 | drone |
| 释义 | Word Frequency drone 1(drəʊn) noun 1. a male bee in a colony of social bees, whose sole function is to mate with the queen 2. British a person who lives off the work of others 3. a pilotless radio-controlled aircraft Derived forms dronish (ˈdronish) adjective Word origin Old English drān; related to Old High German treno drone, Gothic drunjus noise, Greek tenthrēnē wasp; see drone2Word Frequency drone 2(drəʊn) verb 1. (intransitive) to make a monotonous low dull sound; buzz or hum 2. (when intr, often foll by on) to utter (words) in a monotonous tone, esp to talk without stopping noun 3. a monotonous low dull sound 4. music a. a sustained bass note or chord of unvarying pitch accompanying a melody b. (as modifier) a drone bass 5. music one of the single-reed pipes in a set of bagpipes, used for accompanying the melody played on the chanter 6. a person who speaks in a low monotonous tone Derived forms droning (ˈdroning) adjective droningly (ˈdroningly) adverb Word origin C16: related to drone1 and Middle Dutch drōnen, German dröhnen |
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