drone
英[dr??n]
美[dron]
- n. 雄蜂；嗡嗡的聲音；懶惰者
- vi. 嗡嗡作聲；混日子
- vt. 低沉地說
- n. (Drone)人名；(法)德羅納
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?drones;過去式:?droned;過去分詞:?droned;現在分詞:?droning;
中文詞源
drone 嗡嗡聲
擬聲詞。
英文詞源
- drone (n.)
- Old English dran, dr?n "male honeybee," from Proto-Germanic *dran- (cognates: Middle Dutch drane; Old High German treno; German Drohne, which is from Middle Low German drone), probably imitative; given a figurative sense of "idler, lazy worker" (male bees make no honey) 1520s. Meaning "pilotless aircraft" is from 1946.
Drones, as the radio-controlled craft are called, have many potentialities, civilian and military. Some day huge mother ships may guide fleets of long-distance, cargo-carrying airplanes across continents and oceans. Long-range drones armed with atomic bombs could be flown by accompanying mother ships to their targets and in for perfect hits. ["Popular Science," November, 1946]
Meaning "deep, continuous humming sound" is early 16c., apparently imitative (compare threnody). The verb in the sound sense is early 16c.; it often is the characteristic sound of airplane engines. Related: Droned; droning.
雙語例句
- 1. The minister's voice was a relentless drone.
- 部長不停地絮叨著.
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the distant drone of traffic
- 遠處車輛往來發出的嗡嗡聲
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The planes flew overhead with a low drone.
- 飛機發出低沉的轟鳴聲掠過頭頂.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. It's bad to drone.
- 混日子是不好的.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. It intervals the drone of an insect bored the air.
- 不時有只昆蟲嗡嗡嗡地打破這陣寂靜.
來自辭典例句