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。
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
• This announcement is usually intoned solemnly, as if information did not exist in other ages.
  人们经常庄严宣颂这个声明，就好像在其他的时代不存在信息一样。
• 'But Jesus is here!' the priest intoned.
  “但是耶稣在这里！”牧师吟诵道。
• They stood and intoned their afternoon prayers.
  他们站起来吟诵下午祷文。
• Two Cultured Odes Intoned for Long-Explaining Traditional Culture Meaning of Two Old School Songs of Xinmin Normal College of Shenyang University
  儒雅赋咏弦歌不辍&解读沈阳大学新民师范学院两首旧校歌的传统文化内涵
• In the last period of the Qing Dynasty, Gong Zizhen intoned the shatters to criticize the mainstream society with the indignant attitude.
  晚清龚自珍吟咏落花，以激愤和前瞻的姿态疏离主流社会。
• 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。
• "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。