词汇 | drone |
释义 | drone noun 1 a sluggard, a tedious person UK, 1529. 2 in hospital usage, a medical student US, 1994 drone on drone on to speak for a long time in a very boring way, without any variety in the sound of your voice: The speaker had been droning on for hours, when I noticed that he still had a large stack of slides to go through.+about She droned on and on about how sad her life was, and about how she hadn't got a boyfriend.■ SIMILAR TO: bang on BrE informal, witter on BrE informal drone onTo talk at length in a monotone. If you keep droning on like this, you're going to put your audience to sleep. A: "The professor's already been droning on about polynomials for an hour." B: "Oh, so that's why I lost interest an hour ago!" drone outTo say something in a monotone. A noun or pronoun can be used between "drone" and "out." If you keep droning out information, you're going to put your audience to sleep. drone on (about someone or something)to lecture or narrate in a low-pitched, dull, and boring manner. The dull old professor droned on about Byron—or was it Keats? It was Shelley and, yes, he did drone on. drone (something) outto make a loud and low-pitched noise; to say something in a low-pitched and monotonous manner. The announcer droned the winning numbers out. She droned out the winning numbers. |
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