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

• 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 dogs intoned to the strangers.
  狗对着生人不停地吠叫。
• 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。
• They stood and intoned their afternoon prayers.
  他们站起来吟诵下午祷文。
• 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 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。
• He quietly intoned several prayers
  他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
• 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。”
• 'Mom,' she intoned, elongating the word
  “妈妈，”她拖长了声音，平静地说道。
• "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。