drone

noun

1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

2. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

Synonym: drone pipebourdon

3. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

Synonym: pilotless aircraftradio-controlled aircraft

4. an unchanging intonation

Synonym: monotonedroning

5. someone who takes more time than necessary
someone who lags behind

Synonym: dawdlerlaggardlaggertrailerpoke

verb

1. talk in a monotonous voice

Synonym: drone on

2. make a monotonous low dull sound

e.g. The harmonium was droning on

1. 嗡嗡作响;嗡嗡叫
If something drones, it makes a low, continuous, dull noise.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.
背景中几乎从未间断的嗡嗡声

2. (人)絮絮叨叨地说,喋喋不休地说
If you say that someone drones, you mean that they keep talking about something in a boring way.

drone是什么意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 游手好闲者;寄生虫
People who do not contribute anything to society or to an organization are sometimes described as drones .

e.g. 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。

4. 雄蜂
A drone is a male bee.

相关词组：drone on

1. drone的解释

1. 无人驾驶飞机：无人机可分为无人驾驶飞机(Drone)和遥控飞机(Remote Piloted Vehicle缩写为RPV)两类,其区别主要在于控制手段,即是否能遥控驾驶. 二次大战之后,美国着重于活塞式发动机推进的小型靶机,诺斯罗普公司的KD2R-5就是其中最成功的一种.

2. 雄峰：首先我们虫族的部队都是在孵化所孵化而来的优种战士,它们有: 雄峰(DRONE),直接孵化于孵化所(HATCHERY),司职工程建设;大君主(OVERLORD),直接孵化于孵化所,司职侦察,另外战斗部队数量的上限直接由它的 数量决定;线虫(ZERGLING),