intone meaning in English
vt.
1.吟诵，咏唱(圣歌、祷文等)。
2.唱(圣歌等的)起始唱句。
3.给…一种特殊音调。
vi.
1.吟诵，咏唱。
2.发出拖长的声音。
n.
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吟诵者，咏唱者。
Examples
- The science of intoning was unknown .
吟诵的学问还不为人所知。 - "the line is busy," the operator intoned .
“占线呢。”接线员语调平平地说。 - She threw down her basket and intoned a peasant dirge .
她撂下菜篮，唱起庄稼人的哀歌。 - 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。 - An unctuous clergyman who had not known sam intoned religious platitudes .
一个根本就不认识萨姆的假装虔诚的教士正拿腔拖调地唠叨着那套宗教的单调无味的滥调。