drone

英 [drəʊn]

美 [droʊn]

n. 嗡嗡声; 持续低音(如风笛等发出的持续音); 持续音音管(或弦等); 雄蜂
v. 嗡嗡叫; 嗡嗡响

过去式：droned　复数：drones　第三人称单数：drones　过去分词：droned　现在分词：droning　

GRE TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.16178 / COCA.11442

短语动词

drone on
1. （人）絮絮叨叨地说，喋喋不休地说

短语用例

drone on (about sth)

唠唠叨叨地说
to talk for a long time in a boring way
1. the distant drone of traffic
  远处车辆往来发出的嗡嗡声

牛津词典

noun

嗡嗡声
a continuous low noise
1. the distant drone of traffic
  远处车辆往来发出的嗡嗡声
持续低音（如风笛等发出的持续音）；持续音音管（或弦等）
a continuous low sound made by some musical instruments, for example the bagpipes , over which other notes are played or sung; the part of the instrument that makes this noise
雄蜂
a male bee that does not work
（不劳动，依赖他人为生的）寄生虫
a person who is lazy and gives nothing to society while others work
无人驾驶飞机
an aircraft without a pilot, controlled from the ground

verb

嗡嗡叫；嗡嗡响
to make a continuous low noise
1. A plane was droning in the distance.
  飞机在远处嗡嗡地响。
2. a droning voice
  嗡嗡的响声

柯林斯词典

VERB 嗡嗡作响;嗡嗡叫
If somethingdrones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.
1. Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.
  在他头顶上一架隐形飞机嗡嗡地飞过夜空。
2. ...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.
  背景中几乎从未间断的嗡嗡声
3. Droneis also a noun.
4. ...the constant drone of the motorways.
  高速公路上持续不断的嗡嗡声
VERB (人)絮絮叨叨地说,喋喋不休地说
If you say that someonedrones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way.
1. Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head...
  钱伯斯一直在他耳边嗡嗡地说个不停，他都快疯了。
2. The droning murmur of the doctor's voice in the bedroom had ceased.
  卧室里医生喋喋不休的低语声已经停下了。
3. Droneis also a noun.
4. The minister's voice was a relentless drone.
  部长不停地絮叨着。
5. Drone onmeans the same asdrone.
6. Aunt Maimie's voice droned on...
  梅米姨妈喋喋不休地说着。
7. Daniel just drones on about American policy.
  丹尼尔对美国政策谈个没完。
N-COUNT 游手好闲者;寄生虫
People who do not contribute anything to society or to an organization are sometimes described asdrones.
1. A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.
  有几个是愚笨的寄生虫,但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。
雄蜂
Adroneis a male bee.

英英释义

noun

stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
Synonym:drone pipebourdon
an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
Synonym:pilotless aircraftradio-controlled aircraft
an unchanging intonation
Synonym:monotonedroning
someone who takes more time than necessary
Synonym:dawdlerlaggardlaggertrailerpoke

verb

talk in a monotonous voice
Synonym:drone on
make a monotonous low dull sound
1. The harmonium was droning on

双语例句

Diapers and Kindles delivered to your doorstep not by truck, not by plane or train but by drone?
你能想象一架无人机，而不是卡车、飞机或火车，将你订购的尿布、电子阅读器送到你家门口吗？
Other countries, including China, are rapidly acquiring drone technology.
包括中国在内的其他国家正迅速获得无人机技术。
The drone could also simulate the manoeuvres of fighters and attackers to make the target practice more realistic.
无人机也可以模拟战斗机和攻击机的动作使打靶变得更真实。
Chambers 'voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head
钱伯斯一直在他耳边嗡嗡地说个不停，他都快疯了。
A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.
有几个是愚笨的寄生虫，但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。
The Jian-7 target drone can fly at supersonic speed and simulate typical manoeuvres of modern combat aircraft.
歼-7靶机能以超音速飞行而且模拟现代战斗机的典型动作。
One or more master nodes and several drone or slave nodes manage the cluster.
集群由一个或多个主节点（masternode）和若干个从属节点（dronenode）或者从节点（slavenode）来管理。
In nature, drone bees are poor, useless things that produce no honey and have no sting.
自然界中，雄蜂不会产蜜，不能叮咬，是可怜无用的东西。
This drone is no more than a glorified remote-control aircraft that a soldier launches by tossing into the air.
这种无人机不过是遥控飞机的升级版而已，士兵用手投掷升空。
The PLA Air Force ( PLAAF) has converted some of its retired Jian-7 fighters into unmanned target drone to simulate enemy aircraft in air-to-air and surface-to-air weapon testing.
PLA空军（PLAAF）已经把一些退役歼-7战斗机改装成无人靶机，在空对空和地对空武器测试中去模拟敌方飞机。