英语词汇“drone”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

dronedrone1 /droʊn/ verb [intransitive]

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

1to make a continuous low noise: A plane droned overhead.2 (also drone on) to speak in a boring way, usually for a long time: drone about Tom was droning on and on about work.

verb | noun

dronedrone2 noun

ETYMOLOGYdrone²

Origin: Old English dran male bee

1[uncountable] a continuous low noise: drone of the drone of the traffic2[countable] science, biology a male bee that does no work3[countable] someone who does a lot of dull work without many rewards: Shelby was one of the drones on the factory floor.4[countable] an airplane or piece of equipment that does not have a person inside it, but is operated by radio: The police use high-tech radar drones to catch speeders.5[countable] someone who has a good life but does not work to earn it: She was labeled a welfare drone.