intone

英 [ɪn'təʊn] 美 [ɪn'toʊn]

• v. 吟咏；吟诵

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. （以拖长的单调音）吟咏， 吟诵，咏唱
2. 给…一种特殊声调
3. 唱起始唱句
4. 发出拖长的声音
5. 喃喃呼叫
6. 缓慢庄重地说

n. 名词

1. 吟唱的歌，吟诵的调

英英释义

Verb:

1. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

   "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
   

2. recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;

   "The rabbi chanted a prayer"
   

3. speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone;

   "please intonate with sadness"
   

经典引文

• An age-old Hindu prayer was intoned.

  出自： A. Burgess

• The priest..kept mumbling and intoning.

  出自： B. Emecheta

近反义词

【近义词】

• chant 圣歌
• drone 雄蜂
• sing 唱
• croon 低声歌唱
• utter 完全的
• say 说
• hum 嗡嗡声
• speak 讲
• intonate 吟诵
• cantillate 以单音调诵歌...
• tone 语气