drone

• n. 雄蜂；嗡嗡的声音；懒惰者
• vi. 嗡嗡作声；混日子
• vt. 低沉地说
• n. (Drone)人名；(法)德罗纳

拟声词。

1. stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen

2. an unchanging intonation

3. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind

4. an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control

5. a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone

drone (n.)

Old English dran, dræn "male honeybee," from Proto-Germanic *dran- (cognates: Middle Dutch drane; Old High German treno; German Drohne, which is from Middle Low German drone), probably imitative; given a figurative sense of "idler, lazy worker" (male bees make no honey) 1520s. Meaning "pilotless aircraft" is from 1946.

Drones, as the radio-controlled craft are called, have many potentialities, civilian and military. Some day huge mother ships may guide fleets of long-distance, cargo-carrying airplanes across continents and oceans. Long-range drones armed with atomic bombs could be flown by accompanying mother ships to their targets and in for perfect hits. ["Popular Science," November, 1946]

Meaning "deep, continuous humming sound" is early 16c., apparently imitative (compare threnody). The verb in the sound sense is early 16c.; it often is the characteristic sound of airplane engines. Related: Droned; droning.

Days after the deadly 2017 wildfires in Santa Rosa, California, a drone (无人机) caught footage (连续镜头) of a USPS worker, Trevor Smith, driving through burned homes in that familiar white van, collecting mail in an affected area.

2019年12月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B

Secretary Anthony Foxx, to talk about smart cities, and Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Huerta, to talk about drones.

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Meanwhile, emerging technologies – the drones, 3D printers and smart-home devices of the world – now seem a bit too old to be called the next big thing.

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It is still easy to be dazzled by the display of drones ( ' , 无人机 ), 3D printers, virtual reality goggles ( ' , 眼镜 ) and more smart devices than you could ever hope to catalog.

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A drone (遥控飞行器) operator will invade someone's privacy.

2016年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A

So, despite all the talk about drone deliveries to your doorstep, all the retail executives expressing anxiety over consumers going online, and even a Presidential candidate exclaiming that Amazon has a " huge antitrust problem, " the Census data suggest

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the distant drone of traffic

远处车辆往来发出的嗡嗡声

牛津词典

A plane was droning in the distance.

飞机在远处嗡嗡地响。

牛津词典

a droning voice

嗡嗡的响声

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Above him an invisible plane droned through the night sky.

在他头顶上一架隐形飞机嗡嗡地飞过夜空。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a virtually non-stop droning noise in the background.

背景中几乎从未间断的嗡嗡声

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Chambers' voice droned, maddening as an insect around his head...

钱伯斯一直在他耳边嗡嗡地说个不停，他都快疯了。

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The droning murmur of the doctor's voice in the bedroom had ceased.

卧室里医生喋喋不休的低语声已经停下了。

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A few are dim-witted drones, but most are talented, frustrated, wasted people.

有几个是愚笨的寄生虫,但是大多数是有才能却不得志而自暴自弃的人。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Stasis Drone Augmentors I & II have been seeded on the market.

停滞无人机增强设备I & II都已在市场中生成.

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Don't about needing anything expensive or high tech to kill a Terror Drone.

不要担心需要昂贵或是高级的单位来消灭恐怖机器人.

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They set gigantic drone robots loose over the planet and then infest it with organic monsters.

五面怪安插巨型机器人于塞伯坦星上,以作骚扰.

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Drone folders should now update correctly when drones from different groups are recalled.

召回不同分组的无人机时无人机目录将会正确更新.

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The colony whines a centerless loud drone that vibrates the neighborhood.

蜂群嗡嗡喧闹的哀鸣振动邻里.

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The trees to either side of the drone blasted into smoke and splinters.

无人机两边的树爆成了烟雾和碎片.

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The navy released images of the scene from an unmanned drone, Scan Eagle.

海军播放了无人驾驶侦察机“扫描鹰”拍摄的现场画面.

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The drone control unit description now displays a CPU reduction bonus for Motherships and Carriers.

无人机控制模块将会显示出其对于泰坦级战舰和航空母舰的CPU削弱.

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A drone attacks and harasses the SCV building the bunker, preventing it from being completed.

但工蜂攻击并骚扰建造这座掩体的工程兵, 阻止工程兵完成掩体的建造.

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Occasionally could be heard the drone of unmolested'plane.

偶尔能听到飞机掠过的声音.

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Drone strikes have already intensified under Mr Obama.

自奥巴马上台后,对塔利班的军事行动已经加强.

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The planes flew overhead with a low drone.

飞机发出低沉的轰鸣声掠过头顶.

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Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone.

她的敏锐的问题不时地打断演讲者的话.

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Drones should now return to the drone bay when recalled at high velocity.

无人机在被高速召回时将回到无人机仓.

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Don't drone away the precious years of youth.

别虚度青春年华.

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Quite a bit of the time, capturing a Drone Ship will win the game for you.

非常多的情况下, 占领一个主基地将会为你赢得比赛.

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It's bad to drone.

混日子是不好的.

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The Air Force hopes it can eventually be used follow on to the Predator Drone.

空军希望这种炸弹最终会用于装备“掠夺者”无人驾驶飞机.

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I listened to the engine drone on until I fell asleep.

我一直在听发动机的嗡嗡声,直到我入睡.

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The sound of vomiting was heard aBove the drone of the propeller.

呕吐声比螺旋浆发出的声音还要响.

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With the Repair Drone support power, you gain instant support and healing for your recaptured husks.

通过修理蜂能力, 您可以立刻支援和修理重新占领得外壳.

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