intone

英 [ɪnˈtəʊn]

美 [ɪnˈtoʊn]

v.  缓慢庄重地说

过去式：intoned　第三人称单数：intones　过去分词：intoned　复数：intones　现在分词：intoning　

Collins.1 / BNC.21473 / COCA.14714

牛津词典

verb

• 缓慢庄重地说
  to say sth in a slow and serious voice without much expression
  1. The priest intoned the final prayer.
     神父庄重地念了最后的祷文。

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

verb

• recite with musical intonation
  1. The rabbi chanted a prayer
  Synonym:chantintonatecantillate
• speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
  1. please intonate with sadness
  Synonym:intonate
• utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
  1. The students chanted the same slogan over and over again
  Synonym:tonechant

双语例句

• There's an ancient saying: After reading up three hundred Tang pos, you can at least intone pos even you can't write th.
  古人有句经验之谈：熟读唐诗三百首，不会写诗也会吟。
• The so-called "intone" is a longer audio-video intonating voice Side Reading, which stresses the cadence of the tone and rhythm. It is a traditional good way of poetry reading in China.
  所谓吟诵，就是拉长了声音像歌唱似地读，它讲究抑扬顿挫的节奏，是我国传统的读诗读词的好方法。
• 'But Jesus is here!' the priest intoned.
  “但是耶稣在这里！”牧师吟诵道。
• Amitabha vows that "All sentient beings that intone my Buddha epithet will eradicate their crimes of eight billion eons and acquire merits of eight billion eons."
  阿弥陀佛自诩：“众生念我佛号一声，可以灭八十亿劫生死之罪，得八十亿劫微妙功德。”
• Because Amitabha can receive disciples who intone Namo Amitabha to the West Pure Land, he is also called the Receiving Buddha.
  因阿弥陀佛能接引念“南无阿弥陀佛”的信徒往生西方净土，所以又叫“接引佛”。
• MA Xiaohui also showed her beautiful dancing and live intone, which will let the fans have a new understanding of Chinese traditional music.
  马晓晖还展示了华丽的舞姿和深情的现场吟诵，让乐迷对民乐演奏能够达到的境界有了新的认识。
• If I intone the blessings.
  由我呤诵祝福经文。
• He quietly intoned several prayers
  他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
• The chanting stilled as the leader, face shadowed by a heavily gilded hood, stepped forward and began to intone a ritual in some indecipherable tongue.
  仪式还在继续，祭祀中的首领带着镀金兜帽，脸笼罩在阴影中，他走上前来开始用一种我无法理解的方式吟唱。
• The parrot he had just bought could recite Shakespeare's sonnets, imitate opera stars and intone Homer's epic poems in Greek.
  他刚买的鹦鹉可以背诵莎士比亚的十四行诗，模仿歌剧明星并能用希腊语吟唱荷马史诗。