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Drones Verb Droning Voice N Count 英[Drəʊn 美[Droʊn N.雄蜂;嗡嗡声;持续低音;无人驾驶飞机;V.嗡嗡叫;嗡嗡响;絮絮叨叨地说

单词 drone
音标
英[drəʊn] 美[droʊn]
解释
n.雄蜂;嗡嗡声;持续低音;无人驾驶飞机;v.嗡嗡叫;嗡嗡响;絮絮叨叨地说;
例句

VERB
嗡嗡作响;嗡嗡叫
If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.
例: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。
例:...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.背景中几乎从未间断的嗡嗡声

VERB
(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.
例: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。
例: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。

N-COUNT
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 .
例: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。

N-COUNT
雄蜂
A drone is a male bee.
变形
third:drones~done:droned~ing:droning~past:droned~

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