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。
• Among people covering the large slope, either reclining, sitting, or squatting on the grass in twos and threes, I intoned lines by Jacques Prevert the French poet.
  远远舞台上的音乐剧，不甚了了，但处在满山坡或躺或坐或蹲的三三两两的观众群中，我念着雅克·卜列维的诗。
• They stood and intoned their afternoon prayers.
  他们站起来吟诵下午祷文。
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• The dogs intoned to the strangers.
  狗对着生人不停地吠叫。