单词 | drant |
释义 | drantdrauntn. dialect. a. A droning or drawling tone. ΚΠ 1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence ii Nor wi' your draunts and droning deave me. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 56 To wait on their drants. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) (at cited word) He reads with a drant. b. ‘A slow and dull tune’ (Jamieson). ΚΠ 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (1818) Drant. 1852 T. Aird Memoir in D. M. Moir Poet. Wks. I. p. xxix A kind of rant, or drant..often fixes itself upon the public. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018). drantdrauntv. dialect. a. intransitive. To drawl or drone in speech. ΚΠ 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) II. 141 To drivel and drant While I sigh and gaunt. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 810 Lest you think I am uncivil, To plague you with this draunting drivel. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Drant, to drawl in speaking or reading; more properly draunt (like aunt). It may be connected with drone. b. transitive. To drawl or drone out. ΚΠ a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 182 To draunt and drivel out a life at hame. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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