drone

1. V-I If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise. 發出單調連續的低鳴

Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky. 在他頭頂上空一架隱形飛機飛過夜空，不斷發出低沉單調的聲音。

2. N-SING Drone is also a noun. 連續單調的低鳴

I hear the drone of an aeroplane as it banks across the bay. 飛機傾斜飛過海灣時，我聽到它單調的低鳴。

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

Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head. 錢伯斯嘮嘮叨叨，那聲音像一衹飛蟲繞著他的頭打轉般令人發狂。

4. N-SING Drone is also a noun. 嘮叨

The minister's voice was a relentless drone. 該大臣的聲音是無休止的絮叨。

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

Aunt Maimie's voice droned on. 麥密嬸嬸的聲音嘮叨個不休。

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