drone
无人驾驶飞机
definition
verb
in the far distance a machine droned
make a continuous low humming sound.
noun
he nodded off to the drone of the car engine
a low continuous humming sound.
According to scientific descriptions, a honeybee colony consists of one queen, several thousand worker bees, and at certain times of the year, a few to several thousand drones , or male bees.
a male bee in a colony of social bees, which does no work but can fertilize a queen.
translation of 'drone'
verb
嘶,
嗡嗡响
noun
懒惰者,
嗡嗡的声,
嘶
example
he nodded off to the 'drone' of the car engine
The foreman on that building site was approached last week about it and I will continue to 'drone' on about it until is has been sorted.
Track two of this CD starts with a low 'drone' and the sound of rain falling gently.
only twenty minutes of the hour-long 'drone' had passed
The silence outside. Living so close to Kennedy Airport, the sound of planes getting ready to land is a constant 'drone' throughout the day.
As she walked along the streets of Manhattan, the consistent 'drone' of the cars fading into the background, she began to wonder about her going to New York in the first place.
My brother hummed turbine noises, but the 'drone' of thunder muted him.
Thus the music feels bounded by the drone, that the 'drone' is the undulating surface of a musical object.
For those who might not know, drones cannot sting, but, of course most people are not aware of this fact; and anyway how could you tell whether a bee was a 'drone' or not in a darkened cinema?
Viceroy's voice was still a monotonous 'drone' , and I wanted to slap him just to see that he could still talk and/or yell with emotion.
The first thing I heard when I put in this CD and pressed ‘Play’ was a weird 'drone' that sounded more like an air raid than anything else my fatigued brain could think of.
Finally, her right hand slowed and then stopped, although her left hand continued the 'drone' for a few notes before it, too fell still.
He explained that a hive of bees consists of a queen bee, a few hundred 'drone' bees and the remainder are workers.
Across the Channel the night thundered with the 'drone' of 1,700 planes.
Colonel Donovan could hear the resonating booms above the noisy 'drone' of the plane's engine.
I rolled my eyes as Clarissa continued to 'drone' on.
Gliders and microlights have replaced wartime bombers at Rufforth Airfield, and they fly over a York very different to that which once echoed to the 'drone' of the Halifax engines.
This great change manifested itself in a sudden tiredness and slight nausea as the speaker's monotonous 'drone' confirmed exactly the opposite.
I punched in Anna's phone number, and the 'drone' of the ringing was putting me to sleep, it was 10: 30 pm already.
Masses of mankind arose from inexpensive seating, emitting a 'drone' of noise, noises, actually, as small groups of people conversed about a number of subjects.
Tobias couldn't hear himself scream over the 'drone' of planes and noise of the explosions rattling the earth all around him.
Even when warm and cruising on the motorway it gives off a 'drone' , and tyre noise also intrudes.
In the background, cameras whirred like demented bluebottles, adding their 'drone' to the low buzz of conversation.
only twenty minutes of the hour-long 'drone' had passed
It should have been a good line, but he sounded like a petulant 'drone' with an overdeveloped sense of entitlement.
It doesn't help that the musical backing is a five-minute 'drone' of grating computerized noise.
For example, you can select a small portion of a steady-state sound such as a 'drone' or a gong roll.
We were silent for a few moments, the 'drone' of the lesson buzzing like a fly in my ears.
And the thunder-like 'drone' of its eight engines strikes fear into troops below.
The marching of our feet rings out in unison, an endless 'drone' accompanied by the clattering hooves of the knights' horses.
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