drone 详细解释

drone

[drəun]

n.雄蜂, 游手好闲者,无人驾驶飞机
n.嗡嗡声, 单调的声音
vi.嗡嗡叫, 混日子
vt.单调低沉地说

n.[C]

1. 雄蜂

2. 懒人, 游手好闲者; 寄生虫

3. 无人驾驶飞机(或艇等)

a drone bomber

无人驾驶轰炸机

vi.

混日子

词形变化

动词过去式: droned | 动词过去分词: droned | 动词现在分词: droning | 动词第三人称单数: drones |

词义辨析

同义:

n.雄蜂

male bee

n.懒惰者

loafer  unemployed  idler  

英英释义

名词 drone:

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

an unchanging intonation

同义词:monotone, droning

someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

同义词:dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke

an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

同义词:pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft

a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

同义词:drone pipe, bourdon

动词 drone:

make a monotonous low dull sound

talk in a monotonous voice

同义词:drone on

补充

dronedrone英:[drəun] 美:[dron]n.1.雄蜂2.不务正业而依赖他人为生者3.嗡嗡声4.沉闷单调的谈话5.持续的低音或和音vi.1.发出嗡嗡声vt. & vi.1.(以低沉、单调的声调)谈, 说, 唱

例句

1. Insects droned.昆虫嗡嗡叫。 2. Above him a plane droned through the night sky.在他头顶上一架飞机嗡嗡地飞过夜空。 3. 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。 4. 'My songs are shocking, inspiring and, above all, true to my heart,' droned the singer.“我的歌曲令人震撼、鼓舞人心。而最重要的是, 这些歌唱出了我的心声。”歌手用单调的语气述说着。 5. the steady drone of the traffic车流持续的嗡嗡声 6. The minister's voice was a relentless drone.部长不停地絮叨着。 7. The queen is likely to mate with two or three drones.蜂王可能与两三只雄蜂交配。 8. A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented people.少数几个人是愚笨的寄生虫, 但大多数是有才能的人。 9. Don't drone away the precious years of youth.别虚度青春年华。 10. He wouldn't drone when he may live by honest labour.他可凭诚实的劳动生活时,他不愿游手好闲。 11. The air conditioner droned almost inaudibly.空调机开动时几乎连嗡嗡声都没有。 12. I listened to the engine drone on until I fell asleep.我一直在听发动机的嗡嗡声,直到我入睡。 13. Whatever is the chairman droning on about now?会议主席没完没了地在说什么? 14. The pupils were droning through their lessons.小学生们低声读书。 15. The meeting droned on for hours.会议单调地延续了几个小时。 16. The weary priest droned a prayer.疲惫不堪的牧师喃喃地念祷词。 17. in the far distance a machine droned.远处一台机器在轰鸣。 18. he reached for another beer while Jim droned on.吉姆还在唠唠叨叨时,他伸手又拿了一瓶啤酒。 19. traffic droned up and down the street.车辆轰轰地在街道上来来往往。 20. he nodded off to the drone of the car engine.他听着汽车发动机的轰轰声打起了瞌睡。 21. only twenty minutes of the hour-long drone had passed.一个小时的单调讲话才进行了20分钟。 22. the sound of the tractors droning away in the fields田野里拖拉机的轧轧声 23. We had to listen to the chairman drone on about sales for hours.主席以低沉单调的声音讲销售问题,我们不得不听上几个小时。 24. the endless drone of washing machines at the laundry洗衣房里洗衣机不断发出的嗡嗡声 25. the drone of passing traffic过往车辆的嗡嗡声 26. A plane droned overhead.头顶上一架飞机嗡嗡飞过。 27. We could hear wasps droning in the garden.我们能听到花园里黄蜂嗡嗡飞的声音。 28. She had trouble keeping awake as he droned on about himself.在他唠叨不停地讲他自己的事时,她都快忍不住睡着了。 29. one of many office drones办公室里众多的寄生虫之一