| 单词 | drone |
| 释义 | drone drone1 —dronish, adj. /drohn/, n. 1. the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey. See illus. under bee. 2. a remote control mechanism, as a radio-controlled airplane or boat. 3. a person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer. 4. a drudge. [bef. 1000; 1945-50 for def. 2; ME drone, drane, OE dran, dron; akin to OHG treno, G Drohne] drone2 —droner, n. —droningly, adv. /drohn/, v. , droned, droning, n. v.i. 1. to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz. 2. to speak in a monotonous tone. 3. to proceed in a dull, monotonous manner (usually fol. by on): The meeting droned on for hours. v.t. 4. to say in a dull, monotonous tone. n. 5. Music. a. a continuous low tone produced by the bass pipes or bass strings of musical instruments. b. the pipes (esp. of the bagpipe) or strings producing this tone. c. a bagpipe equipped with such pipes. 6. a monotonous low tone; humming or buzzing sound. 7. a person who speaks in a monotonous tone. [1490-1500; see DRONE1 and cf. ME droun to roar, Icel drynja to bellow, Goth drunjus noise] |
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