intoned

英 [ɪnˈtəʊnd]

美 [ɪnˈtoʊnd]

v.  缓慢庄重地说
intone的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 缓慢庄重地说;(以单一的音调)吟咏，吟诵
  If youintonesomething, you say it in a slow and serious way, with most of the words at one pitch.
  1. He quietly intoned several prayers...
     他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
  2. 'But Jesus is here!' the priest intoned.
     “但是耶稣在这里！”牧师吟诵道。

英英释义

adj

• uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting
  1. their chantlike intoned prayers
  2. a singsong manner of speaking
  Synonym:chantlikesingsong

双语例句

• The computerised female voice intoned an unfamiliar London number.
  电脑合成的女声报出了一个陌生的伦敦号码。
• In the last period of the Qing Dynasty, Gong Zizhen intoned the shatters to criticize the mainstream society with the indignant attitude.
  晚清龚自珍吟咏落花，以激愤和前瞻的姿态疏离主流社会。
• The dogs intoned to the strangers.
  狗对着生人不停地吠叫。
• Among people covering the large slope, either reclining, sitting, or squatting on the grass in twos and threes, I intoned lines by Jacques Prevert the French poet.
  远远舞台上的音乐剧，不甚了了，但处在满山坡或躺或坐或蹲的三三两两的观众群中，我念着雅克·卜列维的诗。
• It was 1962 in England, he intoned, but still 1943 in Japan, such was the difference in teeth between these two great religions.
  英格兰已经是1962年，剧中他拖长声音说道，而日本还停留在1943年，这两种伟大的宗教就有这么大的差别。
• Out in the yard a woman's hoarse contralto intoned a hymn.
  院子里，一个嘶哑的女低音在吟诵赞美诗。
• "Let up pray," the priest intoned to his congregation.
  让我们祷告吧，牧师用吟咏的声调对会众说。
• 'But Jesus is here!' the priest intoned.
  “但是耶稣在这里！”牧师吟诵道。
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
• He quietly intoned several prayers
  他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。