| 单词 | intone |
| 释义 | intone (once / 1702 pages) v To intone is to to chant in a flat voice. When you recite a poem you had to memorize in English class, you're likely to intone the lines without much expression. You might intone bad news over the phone, bluntly and unemotionally, and librarians often intone a low command to keep the noise down in the library. People reciting prayers usually intone them as well. In the fourteenth century, the word was entunen, "sing, chant or recite," from a Latin root, intonare, "sing according to tone." WORD FAMILYintone: intonation, intoned, intones, intoning+/intonation: intonations USAGE EXAMPLES“The public domain” began ritualistically, with murmuring, some vocal drones and intoned intervals. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) “God protect us and clean us from the inside,” the priest intoned. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) “Let us recognize that the first civil right of every American is to be free from domestic violence,” Nixon intoned. Time(Dec 09, 2016) 1v recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm Syn|Hypo|Hyper cantillate, chant, intonate singsong speak, chant, or declaim in a singsong sing produce tones with the voice 2v utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically Syn|Hyper chant, tone mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize express in speech 3v speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone Syn|Hyper intonate judge, label, pronounce pronounce judgment on |
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