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1. Oxford Dictionary

   drone

   • IPA[drəʊn]

   英式

   • v.
     make a continuous low humming sound；speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone
   • n.
     a continuous low humming sound；a monotonous speech

   • noun: drone, plural noun: drones

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make a continuous low humming sound in the far distance a machine droned 同義詞 hum, buzz, whir, vibrate, murmur, ... 更多rumble, purr, hiss, whisper, sigh
   • ▪ speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone he reached for another beer while Jim droned on 同義詞 speak boringly, speak monotonously, go on and on, talk interminably, intone, ... 更多pontificate, informalspout, sound off, jaw, spiel, speechify, preachify
   • ▪ move with a continuous humming sound traffic droned up and down the street

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a continuous low humming sound he nodded off to the drone of the car engine 同義詞 hum, buzz, whir, whirring, vibration, ... 更多murmur, murmuring, purr, purring, hiss, hissing, whisper, whispering, sigh
   • ▪ 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 hanger-on, parasite, leech, passenger, idler, ... 更多loafer, layabout, lounger, good-for-nothing, do-nothing, sluggard, laggard, informallazybones, scrounger, sponger, freeloader, bloodsucker, waster, slacker, skiver, cadger
   • 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

   drone fly

   • n.
     a hoverfly that resembles a honeybee. Its larva is the rat-tailed maggot.

   Oxford American Dictionary

   drone fly

   • n.
     a hoverfly that resembles a honeybee. Its larva is the rat-tailed maggot.

   Oxford Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   drone

   • IPA[drōn]

   美式

   • v.
     make a continuous low humming sound: in the far distance a machine droned
   • n.
     a low continuous humming sound: he nodded off to the drone of the car engine

   Oxford American Dictionary