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drone v.嗡嗡地响，单调地说；n.单调的低音 drone (n.) Old English dran, dræn "male honeybee," from Proto-Germanic *dran- (cognates: Middle Dutch drane; Old High German treno; German Drohne, which is from Middle Low German drone), probably imitative; given a figurative sense of "idler, lazy worker" (male bees make no honey) 1520s. Meaning "pilotless aircraft" is from 1946.Drones, as the radio-controlled craft are called, have many potentialities, civilian and military. Some day huge mother ships may guide fleets of long-distance, cargo-carrying airplanes across continents and oceans. Long-range drones armed with atomic bombs could be flown by accompanying mother ships to their targets and in for perfect hits. ["Popular Science," November, 1946]Meaning "deep, continuous humming sound" is early 16c., apparently imitative (compare threnody). The verb in the sound sense is early 16c.; it often is the characteristic sound of airplane engines. Related: Droned; droning. 【记】象声，象嗡嗡声；音：钟，象钟一样发出低沉单调的翁翁声

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[drəun] 【英】 v. 嗡嗡地响(make monotonous humming or buzzing sound)；n.单调的低音(a bass voice)【考】 mutter : indistinct / hiss : sibilant /drone : monotonous(嘟囔的特点是不清晰 /咝咝声的特点是咝咝 /嗡嗡声的特点是单调)反义词：speak animatedly(生动地说 )【例】 The airplane engine droned. n. /v. (持续、低沉、单调的)嗡嗡响; 用单调的声音说或行动【类】mutter: indistinct = hiss: sibilant = drone: monotonous = stammer: halting嘟嚷是不清晰的 = 咝咝是咝咝的 = 嗡嗡是单调的 = 结巴是犹豫的【反】speak animatedly(生动地说)

单词	drone
音标	[drəun]
解释	v.嗡嗡地响，单调地说；n.单调的低音
红宝书	【英】 v. 嗡嗡地响(make monotonous humming or buzzing sound)；n.单调的低音(a bass voice) 【考】 mutter : indistinct / hiss : sibilant /drone : monotonous(嘟囔的特点是不清晰 /咝咝声的特点是咝咝 /嗡嗡声的特点是单调)反义词：speak animatedly(生动地说 ) 【例】 The airplane engine droned.
字源	drone (n.) Old English dran, dræn "male honeybee," from Proto-Germanic *dran- (cognates: Middle Dutch drane; Old High German treno; German Drohne, which is from Middle Low German drone), probably imitative; given a figurative sense of "idler, lazy worker" (male bees make no honey) 1520s. Meaning "pilotless aircraft" is from 1946. Drones, as the radio-controlled craft are called, have many potentialities, civilian and military. Some day huge mother ships may guide fleets of long-distance, cargo-carrying airplanes across continents and oceans. Long-range drones armed with atomic bombs could be flown by accompanying mother ships to their targets and in for perfect hits. ["Popular Science," November, 1946] Meaning "deep, continuous humming sound" is early 16c., apparently imitative (compare threnody). The verb in the sound sense is early 16c.; it often is the characteristic sound of airplane engines. Related: Droned; droning.
不择手段背单词	n. /v. (持续、低沉、单调的)嗡嗡响; 用单调的声音说或行动【类】mutter: indistinct = hiss: sibilant = drone: monotonous = stammer: halting嘟嚷是不清晰的 = 咝咝是咝咝的 = 嗡嗡是单调的 = 结巴是犹豫的【反】speak animatedly(生动地说)
趣味全助记	【记】象声，象嗡嗡声；音：钟，象钟一样发出低沉单调的翁翁声

German Drone Monotonous Humming Indistinct Sibilant Airplane Middle