单词	drone
释义	drone1 verbdrone2 noun dronedrone1 /drəʊn $ droʊn/ verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE drone Simple Form Present I, you, we, they drone he, she, it drones Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they droned Present perfect I, you, we, they have droned he, she, it has droned Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had droned Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will drone Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have droned Continuous Form Present I am droning he, she, it is droning you, we, they are droning Past I, he, she, it was droning you, we, they were droning Present perfect I, you, we, they have been droning he, she, it has been droning Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been droning Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be droning Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been droning Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A plane droned overhead. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A lawn mower droned a few houses down. I'd almost fallen asleep while Uncle Hamish had been droning on. The windscreen wipers droned on and on. There were cars and aeroplanes droning. They droned about, surrounded by the black, dissolving snorts of high explosive. word sets WORD SETS► COLOURS & SOUNDS ablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► on · I'd almost fallen asleep while Uncle Hamish had been droning on.· Halsey droned on, describing every bet he had made.· For months now, I've been droning on and on about how all cars these days are getting too heavy.· Think of a friend who drones on as your mind wanders.· You fell asleep once when I went droning on through Biographica Literaria.· The windscreen wipers droned on and on.· The voices were now droning on, but much softer.· The priest's voice droned on. to make a continuous low dull sound:  An airplane droned overhead.drone on phrasal verb to speak in a boring way, usually for a long timedrone on about Tom was droning on about work. drone1 verbdrone2 noun dronedrone2 noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINdrone2 Origin: Old English dran ‘male bee’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES She was labeled a welfare drone. Shelby was one of the drones on the factory floor. The police use high-tech radar drones to catch speeders. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Didn't she hear it, the drone, the hum, that awful, teasing, dreary hum? Gradually, the drone of the Boeing's engines faded into the background of her thought. I fall asleep to the drone of sirens and helicopters overhead. Nothing in the sing-song drone showed that he noticed. The organism of a hive yields integration for its community of worker bees, drones, pollen and brood. There he crowded against other inhabitants in mutual discomfort as the drone of bombers drew near. They needed the repetition, the dense hypnotic drone of woods and water, but above all they needed to be together. word sets WORD SETS► COLOURS & SOUNDS ablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► hear · Didn't she hear it, the drone, the hum, that awful, teasing, dreary hum?· Far off she heard the drone of a tractor working late or set for home.· He could hear the drone of a vacuum cleaner.· Cassie woke just after first light to hear the drone of their engines fading in the direction of the sea.· She heard the drone of some bees in the garden and the angry chatter of birds disputing over their seeds. 1[singular] a continuous low dull sounddrone of the steady drone of traffic2[countable] a male bee that does no work3[countable] someone who has a good life but does not work to earn it or give anything back to society4[countable] technical an aircraft that does not have a pilot, but is operated by radio
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