| 单词 | intone |
| 释义 | in·tone /ɪnˈtəʊn $ -ˈtoʊn/ verb [transitive] formal ALRRto say something slowly and clearly without making your voice rise and fall much as you speak 平稳清晰地说 The priest intoned the blessing. 神父庄重地念了祷文。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusintone• With each drop the name of the plague is intoned.• Even when the clergyman appeared from the vestry and began the service, the prayers he intoned brought me no help.• Loudly he intoned some short Latin prayer, then crossed himself again and turned.• That same year Iggy Pop intoned the chorus to her feminist ballad Daw da Hiya.• When I had studied it, very slowly, I used to intone the melody with which I had once studied Gemara.• Uncle Danny intoned the prayer in Hebrew.• The priest intoned the prayers in a nervous voice, pulling at his beard.Origin intone (1300-1400) Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonare, from Latin tonus; → TONE1in·tone verbChineseSyllable making voice without and clearly your say Corpus slowly to something |
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