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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• He quietly intoned several prayers
  他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
• The dogs intoned to the strangers.
  狗对着生人不停地吠叫。