drones

英 [drəʊnz]

美 [droʊnz]

v.  嗡嗡叫; 嗡嗡响
drone的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 嗡嗡作响;嗡嗡叫
  If somethingdrones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.
  1. Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.
     在他头顶上一架隐形飞机嗡嗡地飞过夜空。
  2. ...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.
     背景中几乎从未间断的嗡嗡声
  3. Droneis also a noun.
     
  4. ...the constant drone of the motorways.
     高速公路上持续不断的嗡嗡声
• VERB (人)絮絮叨叨地说,喋喋不休地说
  If you say that someonedrones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way.
  1. Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head...
     钱伯斯一直在他耳边嗡嗡地说个不停，他都快疯了。
  2. The droning murmur of the doctor's voice in the bedroom had ceased.
     卧室里医生喋喋不休的低语声已经停下了。
  3. Droneis also a noun.
     
  4. The minister's voice was a relentless drone.
     部长不停地絮叨着。
  5. Drone onmeans the same asdrone.
     drone on 同 drone
  6. Aunt Maimie's voice droned on...
     梅米姨妈喋喋不休地说着。
  7. Daniel just drones on about American policy.
     丹尼尔对美国政策谈个没完。
• N-COUNT 游手好闲者;寄生虫
  People who do not contribute anything to society or to an organization are sometimes described asdrones.
  1. A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.
     有几个是愚笨的寄生虫,但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。
• 雄蜂
  Adroneis a male bee.

双语例句

• ( Applause.) It means tightly controlling our use of new technologies like drones.
  （掌声）这意味着我们要严格控制使用无人机等新技术。
• One of the survivors, a mostly human soldier named Tallis spends his days scavenging and avoiding the drones.
  其中一个生还者是士兵塔利斯度，他大部份是人类，他的日子就是清除和躲避警用无人飞机。
• Robotic unmanned predator drones, for example, which can seek out and kill human targets, have already moved out of the movie theatres and into the theatre of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
  机器人无人驾驶捕食者无人机，例如，它可以找出并杀死人的目标，已经搬出了电影院和进入战场，在阿富汗和伊拉克。
• Militaries around the world are increasingly using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also called drones, in modern warfare.
  世界各地越来越多的军队在现代战争中使用无人驾驶飞机，其也称作无人机。
• That is a change from tech companies for which drones replacing drivers is the next frontier of efficiency.
  一些高科技公司原本认为，无人机取代司机是下一个提高效率的技术前沿，现在它们的态度发生了变化。
• The group had stopped for breakfast but, sensing the circling drones, they rushed back to the cars.
  车队停下来吃早餐，但当他们发现无人机正在盘旋，就立刻向汽车奔去。
• Amazon is testing drones for delivering small packages.
  亚马逊公司（Amazon）正在测试用无人机投递小包裹。
• Honey bees have three castes for the division of labour in a hive: queens, workers and drones.
  蜜蜂由于在蜂群中分工的不同，可分为三种：蜂后、工蜂和雄蜂。
• Drones have plenty of legitimate uses, in police work, traffic control and farm management.
  无人机有很多合理用途，如用于警务工作、交通管制和农场管理。
• Some drones carry megapixel cameras, but they tend to have a relatively narrow field of view.
  一些无人机安有百万像素级的摄像头，但它们的视场角往往比较狭窄。