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嗡嗡作響;嗡嗡叫
If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.
例句
Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.
在他頭頂上一架隱形飛機嗡嗡地飛過夜空。
...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.
背景中幾乎從未間斷的嗡嗡聲
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VERB
(人)絮絮叨叨地說,喋喋不休地說
If you say that someone drones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way.
例句
Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head...
錢伯斯一直在他耳邊嗡嗡地說個不停，他都快瘋了。
The droning murmur of the doctor's voice in the bedroom had ceased.
臥室里醫生喋喋不休的低語聲已經停下了。
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游手好閑者;寄生蟲
People who do not contribute anything to society or to an organization are sometimes described as drones .
例句
A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.
有幾個是愚笨的寄生蟲,但是大多數是有才能卻不得志而自暴自棄的人。
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雄蜂
A drone is a male bee.