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 dogs intoned to the strangers.
  狗对着生人不停地吠叫。
• 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。
• 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。
• The mathematician gazed heavenward in supplication, and then intoned," in Scotland there exists at least one field, containing at least one sheep, at least one side of which is black. "
  数学家乞求的看着天空，之后吟咏到：“在苏格兰存在着最少一个牧场，之中最少有一只羊，最少其一面是黑色的。”
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They stood and intoned their afternoon prayers.
  他们站起来吟诵下午祷文。