drone /drəʊn/ TEM8 ( droning, droned, drones )

• 1. 

  V-I If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise. 发出单调连续的低鸣

  例：

  Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.

  在他头顶上空一架隐形飞机飞过夜空，不断发出低沉单调的声音。

• 2. 

  N-SING Drone is also a noun. 连续单调的低鸣

  例：

  I hear the drone of an aeroplane as it banks across the bay.

  飞机倾斜飞过海湾时，我听到它单调的低鸣。

• 3. 

  V-I If you say that someone drones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way. 唠叨 [表不满]

  例：

  Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head.

  钱伯斯唠唠叨叨，那声音像一只飞虫绕着他的头打转般令人发狂。

• 4. 

  N-SING Drone is also a noun. 唠叨

  例：

  The minister's voice was a relentless drone.

  该大臣的声音是无休止的絮叨。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB Drone on means the same as . drone on同drone

  例：

  Aunt Maimie's voice droned on.

  麦密婶婶的声音唠叨个不休。

• 6. 

  N a male bee in a colony of social bees, whose sole function is to mate with the queen 雄蜂