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

• He quietly intoned several prayers
  他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
• "Virgin most faithful," her mother intoned. a man constant in adherence to his ideals; a constant lover; constant as the northern star.
  “最最忠贞的圣母，”母亲吟诵着。忠诚于自己的理想不变的人；忠贞的爱人；像北斗星一样忠诚不变。
• The funeral was interrupted by a burst of gunfire as the priest intoned the liturgy for the latest victim of the fighting.
  正当牧师为战斗中最新的牺牲者吟咏祷告文时，一阵枪炮声打断了葬礼。
• The dogs intoned to the strangers.
  狗对着生人不停地吠叫。
• Uncle Richard intoned a chapter from the Bible and improvised a prayer
  理查德叔叔吟诵了《圣经》中的一章，又即兴作了一段祈祷文。
• 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。
• "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。
• "THE tiger is under grave threat," India's finance minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, intoned at one point in his budget speech on February29th.
  “这种老虎正受到严重威胁。”在2月29日的预算演讲中，印度财政部长齐丹巴拉姆意味深长地提到这一点。
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
• Undoubtedly, any music work which is strictly written in accordance with the sequence of music must be intoned, however Alban Berg often broke the bondage of tonality in sequence in composing techniques, skills, making certain harmony mixed with the tonal music sounds lasting appeal.
  可以肯定的是，任何按照严格序列写出的音乐必定是无调性的，然而贝尔格却经常冲破调性的束缚，在序列作曲技法中混用某些和声技巧，使音乐听起来具有调性的韵味。