intoning n. 构成语调
v. 吟咏(intone的ing形式)
- It ends with the little girl intoning, “Please, help the world.
短片以小女孩的吟诵结束:“请帮帮地球吧!” - The Danes introduced oompah bands, much intoning of hymns and a rural Nordic folk habit of singing jolly stories to each other.
丹麦人引进了嗡姆吧声,一般是咏唱圣歌者和一个爱歌唱高兴事儿的北欧农民。 - The life consciousness by intoning short lives came into being after the old tradition being abandoned by the literary men in late Eastern Han Dynasty.
这种忧叹人生短促的生命意识是在旧有价值被东汉末文人否定的过程中产生的。
Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoned}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Intoning}.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L.
tonus tone. See {Tone} and cf. {Entune}, {Intonate}.]
1. To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to
chant; as, to intone the church service.
2. To speak with a distinctive or unusual tone in the voice,
or in a monotone; as, the professor intoned his lectures
as though by rote.
[PJC]