drone

英 [drəʊn]

美 [droʊn]

n.  嗡嗡声; 持续低音(如风笛等发出的持续音); 持续音音管(或弦等); 雄蜂
v.  嗡嗡叫; 嗡嗡响

过去式：droned　复数：drones　第三人称单数：drones　过去分词：droned　现在分词：droning　

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Collins.1 / BNC.16178 / COCA.11442

短语动词

短语用例

drone on (about sth)

• 唠唠叨叨地说
  to talk for a long time in a boring way
  1. the distant drone of traffic
     远处车辆往来发出的嗡嗡声

牛津词典

noun

• 嗡嗡声
  a continuous low noise
  1. the distant drone of traffic
     远处车辆往来发出的嗡嗡声
• 持续低音（如风笛等发出的持续音）；持续音音管（或弦等）
  a continuous low sound made by some musical instruments, for example the bagpipes , over which other notes are played or sung; the part of the instrument that makes this noise
• 雄蜂
  a male bee that does not work
• （不劳动，依赖他人为生的）寄生虫
  a person who is lazy and gives nothing to society while others work
• 无人驾驶飞机
  an aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground

verb

• 嗡嗡叫；嗡嗡响
  to make a continuous low noise
  1. A plane was droning in the distance.
     飞机在远处嗡嗡地响。
  2. a droning voice
     嗡嗡的响声

柯林斯词典

• VERB 嗡嗡作响;嗡嗡叫
  If somethingdrones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.
  1. 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。
  2. ...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.
     背景中几乎从未间断的嗡嗡声
  3. Droneis also a noun.
     
  4. ...the constant drone of the motorways.
     高速公路上持续不断的嗡嗡声
• VERB (人)絮絮叨叨地说,喋喋不休地说
  If you say that someonedrones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. Droneis also a noun.
     
  4. The minister's voice was a relentless drone.
     部长不停地絮叨着。
  5. Drone onmeans the same asdrone.
     
  6. Aunt Maimie's voice droned on...
     梅米姨妈喋喋不休地说着。
  7. Daniel just drones on about American policy.
     丹尼尔对美国政策谈个没完。
• 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 asdrones.
  1. 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。
• 雄蜂
  Adroneis a male bee.

英英释义

noun

• stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
• a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
  Synonym:drone pipebourdon
• an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
  Synonym:pilotless aircraftradio-controlled aircraft
• an unchanging intonation
  Synonym:monotonedroning
• someone who takes more time than necessary
  Synonym:dawdlerlaggardlaggertrailerpoke

verb

• talk in a monotonous voice
  Synonym:drone on
• make a monotonous low dull sound
  1. The harmonium was droning on

双语例句

• How would I feel about a drone that could snoop on me?
  对于可能窥探我个人隐私的无人机，我会有何看法？
• The Air Force hopes it can eventually be used in a follow on to the Predator Drone.
  空军希望这种炸弹最终会用于装备掠夺者无人驾驶飞机。
• The Jian-7 target drone can fly at supersonic speed and simulate typical manoeuvres of modern combat aircraft.
  歼-7靶机能以超音速飞行而且模拟现代战斗机的典型动作。
• Critics of the drone strikes are not confined to Pakistan, however.
  然而，不仅是在巴基斯坦有人对无人机空袭提出批评。
• The PLA Air Force ( PLAAF) has converted some of its retired Jian-7 fighters into unmanned target drone to simulate enemy aircraft in air-to-air and surface-to-air weapon testing.
  PLA空军（PLAAF）已经把一些退役歼-7战斗机改装成无人靶机，在空对空和地对空武器测试中去模拟敌方飞机。
• In mating season, Chinese bee drone and Italian bee drone have the same mating tour time.
  在交尾季节，中蜂雄蜂和意蜂雄蜂交尾出游时间相同。
• Other countries, including China, are rapidly acquiring drone technology.
  包括中国在内的其他国家正迅速获得无人机技术。
• This gave rise to the word drone, which is still used to describe unmanned planes.
  于是无人驾驶飞机就如此产生了，这个词到如今还是描述那些无人驾驶的飞机。
• 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。
• 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。