drone
- IPA[drəʊn]
英式
- make a continuous low humming sound；speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone
- a continuous low humming sound；a monotonous speech
noun: drone, plural noun: drones
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. make a continuous low humming sound in the far distance a machine droned 同義詞
- ▪ speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone he reached for another beer while Jim droned on 同義詞
- ▪ move with a continuous humming sound traffic droned up and down the street
名詞
- 1. a continuous low humming sound he nodded off to the drone of the car engine 同義詞
- ▪ informal a monotonous speech only twenty minutes of the hour-long drone had passed
- 2. a continuous musical note of low pitch the drone rose by a third to A
- ▪ a musical instrument, or part of one, sounding a continuous note of low pitch, in particular (also drone pipe) a pipe in a bagpipe or (also drone string) a string in an instrument such as a hurdy-gurdy or a sitar.
- 3. a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen.
- ▪ a person who does no useful work and lives off others the University takes all the profit and redistributes it to drones like him 同義詞
- 4. a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or small flying device pilots use remote controls to guide a stealth reconnaissance drone a photographer used a drone to take some unconventional photos of the countryside
- ▪ a remote-controlled or autonomous vehicle designed for use underwater or on land a drone was sent to explore the depths
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- IPA[drōn]
美式
- make a continuous low humming sound: in the far distance a machine droned
- a low continuous humming sound: he nodded off to the drone of the car engine
Oxford American Dictionary
