drone
drone
verb
verb
- [no obj.]make a continuous low humming sound
嗡嗡叫，嗡嗡响
in the far distance a machine droned.
远处一台机器在轰鸣。
■speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone
低沉单调地说
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。
■[with adverbial of direction]move with a continuous humming sound
嗡嗡地行进
traffic droned up and down the street.
车辆轰轰地在街道上来来往往。
- a low continuous humming sound
嗡嗡声
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。
■(informal)a monotonous speech
(非正式)单调乏味的讲话
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。
■a continuous musical note, typically of low pitch
（音乐中的）持续音，（尤指）持续低音
■a musical instrument, or part of one, sounding such a continuous note, in particular (also drone pipe) a pipe in a bagpipe or (also drone string) a string in an instrument such as a hurdy-gurdy or a sitar
奏持续低音的乐器；（乐器的）持续低音部分（尤指风笛的持续低音管或手摇弦琴和锡塔琴的持续低音弦） - a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen
雄蜂，公蜂
■(figurative)a person who does no useful work and lives off others
(喻)寄生虫，懒汉 - a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or missile
（遥控）无人驾驶飞机，导弹
- Old English drān, drǣn 'male bee', from a West Germanic verb meaning 'resound, boom'; related to Dutch dreunen 'to drone', German dröhnen 'to roar', and Swedish dröna 'to drowse'
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