drone

• n. 雄蜂；嗡嗡的声音；懒惰者
• vi. 嗡嗡作声；混日子
• vt. 低沉地说
• n. (Drone)人名；(法)德罗纳

词态变化

中文词源

拟声词。

英文词源

drone (n.)

Old English dran, dræn "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.

双语例句

1. The minister's voice was a relentless drone.

部长不停地絮叨着.

来自柯林斯例句

2. the distant drone of traffic

远处车辆往来发出的嗡嗡声

来自《权威词典》

3. The planes flew overhead with a low drone.

飞机发出低沉的轰鸣声掠过头顶.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. It's bad to drone.

混日子是不好的.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. It intervals the drone of an insect bored the air.

不时有只昆虫嗡嗡嗡地打破这阵寂静.

来自辞典例句