drone 1
drone的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [droun]
KK音标发音： [dron]
drone的词性：
n.（名词）
1. A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
雄蜂：雄性蜂，尤指雄性蜜蜂，其特点是无螫针，不作工，不采蜜。其唯一职能是与蜂后交配
2. An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
懒汉：无所事事，靠别人生存的人；游手好闲的人
3. A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.
无人驾驶飞机：无飞行员的遥控飞机
drone的词源：
4. Middle English
中古英语
5. from Old English dr3n
源自 古英语 dr3n
drone 2
drone的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [droun]
KK音标发音： [dron]
drone的词性：
v.（动词）
drone的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）
6. To make a continuous low dull humming sound:
嗡嗡叫：发出持续、低沉、单调的嗡嗡声：
“Somewhere an electric fan droned without end”(William Styron)
“一台电扇不知在哪儿没完没了地嗡嗡着”(威廉·斯蒂伦)
7. To speak in a monotonous tone:
用单调的声音说：
The lecturer droned on for hours.
讲课人单调乏味地讲了好几个小时
8. To pass or act in a monotonous way.
以单调的方式度过或行动
drone的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）
9. To utter in a monotonous low tone:
用单调低沉的声音发出：
“The mosquitoes droned their angry chant”(W Somerset Maugham)
“蚊子嗡唱着他们愤怒的歌曲”( W萨默塞特·莫姆)
drone的词性：
n.（名词）
10. A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.
持续低沉的嗡嗡或滋滋声
11. Music
【音乐】
12. Any of the pipes of a bagpipe tuned to produce a single tone.
风笛低音管：风笛上发出单一音调的音管
13. A single sustained tone.
单持续音
drone的词源：
14. Probably from drone 1 [from the bee's humming sound]
可能源自 drone1 [来自蜂的嗡嗡声]