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。
• They stood and intoned their afternoon prayers.
  他们站起来吟诵下午祷文。
• 'But Jesus is here!' the priest intoned.
  “但是耶稣在这里！”牧师吟诵道。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• "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。
• "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen", the narrator intoned.
  “如果你受不了这种热，那就请从厨房出去”，解说员这样吟诵。
• "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。