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Drone 考法 Monotonous 1】Vt.单调地说 Talk Persistently Dull Tone

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【考法 1】vt.单调地说: to talk in a persistently dull or monotonous tone
【例】droning bees嗡嗡作响的蜜蜂
【近】hum, buzz, bumble
【考法 2】n.(昆虫振翅般)单调的声音: a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion
【例】heard the drone of an helicopter overhead听到了头顶直升机单调的声音
【近】burr, whir
【考法 2】v.混日子: to spend time doing nothing
【例】Instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents 相对于找个工作来说,他更喜欢什么也不做,依靠他的父母过日子
【近】dally, dawdle, hang, laze, loll, lounge

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