intone
intone 英 [ɪnˈtəʊn] 美 [ɪnˈtoʊn]
vt. 吟诵；吟咏 vi. 吟诵；吟咏
进行时:intoning 过去式:intoned 过去分词:intoned 第三人称单数:intones 名词复数:intones
- To intone is to to chant in a flat voice. When you recite a poem you had to memorize in English class, you're likely to intone the lines without much expression.
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- vt. 吟诵；吟咏
- vi. 吟诵；吟咏
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1. "My vessel has only slight damage on forecastle and bulb, " I intone.
“我的船有前部水手舱和灯泡有轻微损毁，”我徐徐道来。
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2. The parrot he had just bought could recite Shakespeare's sonnets, imitate opera stars and intone Homer's epic poems in Greek.
他刚买的鹦鹉可以背诵莎士比亚的十四行诗，模仿歌剧明星并能用希腊语吟唱荷马史诗。
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3. MA Xiaohui also showed her beautiful dancing and live intone, which will let the fans have a new understanding of Chinese traditional music.
马晓晖还展示了华丽的舞姿和深情的现场吟诵，让乐迷对民乐演奏能够达到的境界有了新的认识。
- intone (v.1) late 14c., entunen "sing, chant, recite, vocalize," from Old French entoner "to sing, chant" (13c.), from Medieval Latin intonare "sing according to tone," from Latin in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + tonus "tone," from Greek tonos, from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." Related: Intoned; intoning.
- intone (v.2) obsolete 17c.-18c. verb, from French entoner "thunder, roar, resound, reverberate," from Latin intonare "to thunder, resound," figuratively "to cry out vehemently," from tonare "to thunder" (see thunder (n.)). Related: Intoned; intoning.
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