名詞 drone:

1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
2. an unchanging intonation
   同義詞：monotone, droning
3. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
   同義詞：dawdler, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke
4. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control
   同義詞：pilotless aircraft, radio-controlled aircraft
5. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
   同義詞：drone pipe, bourdon

動(dòng)詞 drone:

1. make a monotonous low dull sound
2. talk in a monotonous voice
   同義詞：drone on

1. He always drones on about his problems.
   他總是嘮嘮叨叨地訴說(shuō)自己的麻煩。
2. An aeroplane droned overhead.
   一架飛機(jī)在頭上嗡嗡飛過(guò)。
3. We could hear the distant drone of the traffic.
   我們可以聽(tīng)到遠(yuǎn)處傳來(lái)的車(chē)輛往來(lái)的嗡嗡聲。

drone

n.（名詞）
A male bee, especially a honeybee, that is characteristically stingless, performs no work, and produces no honey. Its only function is to mate with the queen bee.
雄蜂：雄性蜂，尤指雄性蜜蜂，其特點(diǎn)是無(wú)螫針，不作工，不采蜜。其唯一職能是與蜂后交配
An idle person who lives off others; a loafer.
懶漢：無(wú)所事事，靠別人生存的人；游手好閑的人
A pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.
無(wú)人駕駛飛機(jī)：無(wú)飛行員的遙控飛機(jī)

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English dr3n
源自 古英語(yǔ) dr3n

drone
drone 2

v.（動(dòng)詞）
droned,dron.ing,drones
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To make a continuous low dull humming sound:
嗡嗡叫：發(fā)出持續(xù)、低沉、單調(diào)的嗡嗡聲：
例句：
.Somewhere an electric fan droned without end.(William Styron)
.一臺(tái)電扇不知在哪兒沒(méi)完沒(méi)了地嗡嗡著.(威廉·斯蒂倫)

To speak in a monotonous tone:
用單調(diào)的聲音說(shuō)：
例句：
The lecturer droned on for hours.
講課人單調(diào)乏味地講了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)

To pass or act in a monotonous way.
以單調(diào)的方式度過(guò)或行動(dòng)
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To utter in a monotonous low tone:
用單調(diào)低沉的聲音發(fā)出：
例句：
.The mosquitoes droned their angry chant.(W. Somerset Maugham)
.蚊子嗡唱著他們憤怒的歌曲.( W.薩默塞特·莫姆)

n.（名詞）
A continuous low humming or buzzing sound.
持續(xù)低沉的嗡嗡或滋滋聲
Music
【音樂(lè)】
Any of the pipes of a bagpipe tuned to produce a single tone.
風(fēng)笛低音管：風(fēng)笛上發(fā)出單一音調(diào)的音管
A single sustained tone.
單持續(xù)音

來(lái)源：
Probably from drone [from the bee`s humming sound]
可能源自 drone [來(lái)自蜂的嗡嗡聲]