drone 音标拼音: [dr'on]
n . 雄蜂,懒惰者,嗡嗡的声音,靶标
vi . 嗡嗡作声,混日子
vt . 低沉地说出
雄蜂,懒惰者,嗡嗡的声音,靶标嗡嗡作声,混日子低沈地说出
drone n 1 :
stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (
especially honeybees )
whose sole function is to mate with the queen 2 :
an unchanging intonation [
synonym : {
monotone }, {
drone },
{
droning }]
3 :
someone who takes more time than necessary ;
someone who lags behind [
synonym : {
dawdler }, {
drone }, {
laggard }, {
lagger },
{
trailer }, {
poke }]
4 :
an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control [
synonym : {
drone }, {
pilotless aircraft }, {
radio -
controlled aircraft }]
5 :
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [
synonym : {
drone }, {
drone pipe }, {
bourdon }]
v 1 :
make a monotonous low dull sound ; "
The harmonium was droning on "
2 :
talk in a monotonous voice [
synonym : {
drone }, {
drone on }]
Drone \
Drone \,
n . [
OE .
drane a dronebee ,
AS .
dr [=
a ]
n ;
akin to OS .
dr [=
a ]
n ,
OHG .
treno ,
G .
drohne ,
Dan .
drone ,
cf .
Gr . ?
a kind of wasp ,
dial .
Gr . ?
drone .
Prob .
named fr .
the droning sound .
See {
Drone },
v .
i .]
1 . (
Zool .)
The male of bees ,
esp .
of the honeybee .
It gathers no honey .
See {
Honeybee }.
[
1913 Webster ]
All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
One who lives on the labors of others ;
a lazy ,
idle fellow ;
a sluggard .
[
1913 Webster ]
By living as a drone ,
to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society .
--
Burton .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound ;
as :
(
a )
A drum . [
Obs .]
Halliwell .
(
b )
The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes ,
which always sound the key note and the fifth .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A humming or deep murmuring sound .
[
1913 Webster ]
The monotonous drone of the wheel . --
Longfellow .
[
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5 . (
Mus .)
A monotonous bass ,
as in a pastoral composition .
[
1913 Webster ]
Drone \
Drone \ (
dr [=
o ]
n ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Droned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Droning }.] [
Cf . (
for sense 1 )
D .
dreunen ,
G .
dr ["
o ]
hnen ,
Icel .
drynja to roar ,
drynr a roaring ,
Sw .
dr ["
o ]
na to bellow ,
drone ,
Dan .
dr ["
o ]
ne ,
Goth .
drunjus sound ,
Gr . ?
dirge , ?
to cry aloud ,
Skr .
dhran to sound .
Cf .
{
Drone },
n .]
1 .
To utter or make a low ,
dull ,
monotonous ,
humming or murmuring sound .
[
1913 Webster ]
Where the beetle wheels his droning flight . --
T .
Gray .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To love in idleness ;
to do nothing . "
Race of droning kings ." --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
237 Moby Thesaurus words for "
drone ":
Indian file ,
accompaniment ,
alliteration ,
alto ,
array ,
articulation ,
assonance ,
bagpipe ,
bagpipes ,
bank ,
baritone ,
bass ,
basso continuo ,
basso ostinato ,
bassus ,
bee ,
beggar ,
birr ,
blubber ,
bombilate ,
bombinate ,
boom ,
bourdon ,
bum ,
bumble ,
bumblebee ,
bummer ,
burden ,
burr ,
buzz ,
cadger ,
canto ,
cantus ,
cantus figuratus ,
cantus planus ,
catena ,
catenation ,
chain ,
chain reaction ,
chaining ,
chanter ,
chest voice ,
chime ,
clockwork regularity ,
coloratura ,
concatenation ,
connection ,
consecution ,
constancy ,
continue the same ,
continuo ,
continuum ,
contralto ,
cornemuse ,
coupon clippers ,
course ,
cycle ,
daily round ,
dawdle ,
dawdler ,
descant ,
descent ,
dingdong ,
doodlesack ,
drag along ,
drag on ,
drone bass ,
droning ,
endless belt ,
endless round ,
even pace ,
even tenor ,
falsetto ,
figured bass ,
file ,
filiation ,
foot -
dragger ,
freeloader ,
gabble ,
gamut ,
gibber ,
gibbering ,
goldbrick ,
goof -
off ,
gradation ,
ground bass ,
harping ,
head voice ,
honeybee ,
hornet ,
hum ,
humdrum ,
idle rich ,
invariability ,
jabber ,
jibber ,
jingle ,
jingle -
jangle ,
laggard ,
lallygag ,
laze ,
leisure class ,
lie -
abed ,
line ,
lineage ,
lingerer ,
loaf ,
loiter ,
loiterer ,
loll ,
lounge ,
lounge lizard ,
lumpen proletariat ,
maunder ,
maundering ,
mendicant ,
monologue ,
monotone ,
monotonousness ,
monotony ,
moocher ,
mouth ,
mouthing ,
mumble ,
mumbling ,
murmur ,
murmuring ,
musette ,
mutter ,
muttering ,
near rhyme ,
nexus ,
nonworker ,
orderliness ,
panhandler ,
parasite ,
part ,
pendulum ,
periodicity ,
persist ,
pipes ,
pitter -
patter ,
plain chant ,
plain song ,
plenum ,
plodder ,
powder train ,
prevail ,
prick song ,
procrastinator ,
progression ,
purr ,
queen ,
queen bee ,
queue ,
range ,
rank ,
recurrence ,
regularity ,
rentiers ,
repeated sounds ,
repetitiousness ,
repetitiveness ,
reticulation ,
rhyme ,
rotation ,
round ,
routine ,
row ,
run ,
run through ,
sameliness ,
sameness ,
scale ,
sequence ,
series ,
single file ,
singsong ,
slant rhyme ,
sleepyhead ,
slow goer ,
slow -
foot ,
slowbelly ,
slowpoke ,
slug ,
sluggard ,
smoothness ,
snail ,
sob ,
soprano ,
sordellina ,
speak incoherently ,
spectrum ,
spiv ,
splutter ,
sponger ,
sputter ,
stale repetition ,
stick -
in -
the -
mud ,
string ,
strum ,
succession ,
susurrate ,
susurration ,
swath ,
tedium ,
tenor ,
the unemployable ,
the unemployed ,
thorough bass ,
thread ,
thrum ,
tier ,
tortoise ,
train ,
treadmill ,
treble ,
trot ,
undersong ,
undeviation ,
undifferentiation ,
union pipes ,
unnecessary repetition ,
unvariation ,
voce ,
voce di petto ,
voce di testa ,
voice ,
voice part ,
wasp ,
whir ,
whisper ,
whispering ,
whiz ,
windrow ,
worker ,
yellow jacket
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