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

• 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。
• The computerised female voice intoned an unfamiliar London number.
  电脑合成的女声报出了一个陌生的伦敦号码。
• "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。
• The dogs intoned to the strangers.
  狗对着生人不停地吠叫。
• 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。
• They stood and intoned their afternoon prayers.
  他们站起来吟诵下午祷文。
• Fiscal retrenchment, they intoned, would not alone repair the public finances of eurozone countries.
  他们动情地表示，仅靠财政紧缩无法修复欧元区国家的公共财政。
• He quietly intoned several prayers
  他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
• 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。
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。