droning

柯林斯詞典

drone /dr??n/ (droning,droned,drones)

• 1. V-I If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise. 發(fā)出單調(diào)連續(xù)的低鳴

  Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky. 在他頭頂上空一架隱形飛機飛過夜空，不斷發(fā)出低沉單調(diào)的聲音。

• 2. N-SING Drone is also a noun. 連續(xù)單調(diào)的低鳴

  I hear the drone of an aeroplane as it banks across the bay. 飛機傾斜飛過海灣時，我聽到它單調(diào)的低鳴。

• 3. V-I If you say that someone drones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way. 嘮叨[表不滿]

  Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head. 錢伯斯嘮嘮叨叨，那聲音像一只飛蟲繞著他的頭打轉(zhuǎn)般令人發(fā)狂。

• 4. N-SING Drone is also a noun. 嘮叨

  The minister's voice was a relentless drone. 該大臣的聲音是無休止的絮叨。

• 5. PHRASAL VERB Drone on means the same as . drone on同drone

  Aunt Maimie's voice droned on. 麥密嬸嬸的聲音嘮叨個不休。

• 6. N a male bee in a colony of social bees, whose sole function is to mate with the queen 雄蜂

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