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Drone Droning Voice Continuous Low Verb Noise Work

The word "drone" can be used as a verb meaning to make a low, continuous noise, or to talk in a boring, monotonous way. It can also be a noun referring to a male bee, a lazy person who doesn't contribute, or a continuous low sound.

word: drone [VERB] 1. 嗡嗡作响;嗡嗡叫 2. (人)絮絮叨叨地说,喋喋不休地说 [N-COUNT] 3. 游手好闲者;寄生虫 4. 雄蜂

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/dro͟ʊn/
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[VERB 动词]嗡嗡作响;嗡嗡叫 If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  • Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.

    在他头顶上一架隐形飞机嗡嗡地飞过夜空。

  • ...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.

    背景中几乎从未间断的嗡嗡声

  • Drone is also a noun.
    • ...the constant drone of the motorways.

      高速公路上持续不断的嗡嗡声

droning
  • ...the droning of a plane far overhead.

    远处天空中飞机的嗡嗡声

2
[VERB 动词](人)絮絮叨叨地说,喋喋不休地说 If you say that someone drones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way.
  [V]
  [V-ing]
  [V P]
  [V P about n]
  [disapproval]
  • Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head...

    钱伯斯一直在他耳边嗡嗡地说个不停,他都快疯了。

  • The droning murmur of the doctor's voice in the bedroom had ceased.

    卧室里医生喋喋不休的低语声已经停下了。

  • Drone is also a noun.
    • The minister's voice was a relentless drone.

      部长不停地絮叨着。

  • Drone on means the same as drone .drone on 同 drone
    • Aunt Maimie's voice droned on...

      梅米姨妈喋喋不休地说着。

    • Daniel just drones on about American policy.

      丹尼尔对美国政策谈个没完。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]游手好闲者;寄生虫 People who do not contribute anything to society or to an organization are sometimes described as drones .
  [usu pl]
  [disapproval]
  • A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.

    有几个是愚笨的寄生虫,但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。

4
[N-COUNT 可数名词]雄蜂 A drone is a male bee.
    相关词组:
    drone on

    Oxford drone / drəʊn ; NAmE droʊn /
    noun
    ,
    verb
    drone drones droned droning
    noun 1 [usually singular ] a continuous low noise 嗡嗡声 the distant drone of traffic 远处车辆往来发出的嗡嗡声 2 [usually singular ] a continuous low sound made by some musical instruments, for example the bagpipes,over which other notes are played or sung; the part of the instrument that makes this noise 伴音(如风笛等发出的持续音);伴音管(或弦等) 3 a male beethat does not work 雄蜂 compare
    queen bee
     (1 )
    ,
    worker
     (4 )
    4 a person who is lazy and gives nothing to society while others work (不劳动,依赖他人为生的)寄生虫 5 an aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground 无人驾驶飞机
    verb [intransitive ] to make a continuous low noise 嗡嗡叫;嗡嗡响 A plane was droning in the distance. 飞机在远处嗡嗡地响。 a droning voice 嗡嗡的响声 PHRASAL VERB ˌdrone ˈon (about sth) to talk for a long time in a boring way 唠唠叨叨地说 drone / drəʊn ; NAmE droʊn /
    LDC
    drone1 verb
    drone2 noun
    dronedrone1 /drəʊn $ droʊn/ verb [intransitive]
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    to make a continuous low dull sound:  An airplane droned overhead.drone on phrasal verb to speak in a boring way, usually for a long timedrone on about Tom was droning on about work.
    drone1 verb
    drone2 noun
    dronedrone2 noun
    Word Origin
    Examples
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    Collocations
    1[singular] a continuous low dull sounddrone of the steady drone of traffic2[countable] a male bee that does no work3[countable] someone who has a good life but does not work to earn it or give anything back to society4[countable] technical an aircraft that does not have a pilot, but is operated by radio
    WDF

    drone

    [drəʊn]droned, droning, drones

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    drones[2759]
    无人驾驶飞机(50%),雄蜂(22%),嗡嗡声(14%),混日子(5%),单调的声音(3%),单调低沉地说(2%),游手好闲者(2%),嗡嗡叫(2%)
    n.雄蜂;嗡嗡的声音;懒惰者
    n.无人机(非正式)
    n.n. (Drone)人名;(法)德罗纳
    vt.低沉地说
    vi.嗡嗡作声;混日子

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