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单词 intone
释义
intonein‧tone /ɪnˈtəʊn $ -ˈtoʊn/ verb [transitive] formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINintone
Origin:
1300-1400 Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonare, from Latin tonus; TONE1
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
intone
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyintone
he, she, itintones
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyintoned
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave intoned
he, she, ithas intoned
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad intoned
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill intone
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have intoned
Continuous Form
PresentIam intoning
he, she, itis intoning
you, we, theyare intoning
PastI, he, she, itwas intoning
you, we, theywere intoning
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been intoning
he, she, ithas been intoning
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been intoning
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be intoning
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been intoning
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Uncle Danny intoned the prayer in Hebrew.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Even when the clergyman appeared from the vestry and began the service, the prayers he intoned brought me no help.
  • Loudly he intoned some short Latin prayer, then crossed himself again and turned.
  • That same year Iggy Pop intoned the chorus to her feminist ballad Daw da Hiya.
  • The priest intoned the prayers in a nervous voice, pulling at his beard.
  • When I had studied it, very slowly, I used to intone the melody with which I had once studied Gemara.
  • With each drop the name of the plague is intoned.
to say something slowly and clearly without making your voice rise and fall much as you speak:  The priest intoned the blessing.
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