croon

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v. 低声歌唱, 低唱, 低吟 n. 低唱, 低吟, 轻哼

发音

UK /kɹuːn/
其它
US /kɹun/
SCOT /krøn/
SCOT /krʏn/

词形变化

croons 复数 crooned crooneth crooning croons 三单 croons crooning 现在分词 crooned 过去式 crooned 过去分词 croonest croonedst 过去式 crooneth 三单 crooned 复数

教材释义与例句

名词

低吟，低吟声；轻哼，轻哼声

动词

柔情地唱；对…低声唱

动词

低声歌唱；满怀柔情地唱流行歌曲

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A soft, low-pitched sound; specifically, a soft or sentimental hum, song, or tune.

  2. 2.

    A continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; a bellow.

    苏格兰
  3. 3.

    The low-pitched sound of a large bell.

    苏格兰
v.
  1. 1.

    To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.

    及物

    He was crooning a song.

  2. 2.

    To soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To hum or sing, or to speak, softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing a popular song in a low, mellow voice.

    不及物

    She was crooning, but I couldn’t make out what the song was.

  4. 4.

    To lament, to moan.

    苏格兰 不及物
  5. 5.

    To make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; to bellow, to low.

    苏格兰 不及物
  6. 6.

    Of a large bell: to make a low-pitched sound.

    苏格兰 不及物

词汇关系

动词

上位词 1

sing

词源

The verb is borrowed from Scots croon (“to utter a deep, long-drawn-out sound; to utter a lament, mourn; to sing in a wailing voice, whimper, whine; to mutter or sing in an undertone, hum”) [and other forms], from Middle English cronen (“to sing or speak softly, hum, croon”) (croyn (Scotland)) [and other forms], probably from Middle Dutch crônen, krônen (“to groan, moan; to lament”) (modern Dutch kreunen (“to moan”)), or Old High German chrônan, krônen (“to babble, prattle; to chatter”), probably from Proto-West Germanic *kraunijan, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”). The noun is partly: * borrowed from Scots croon (“a lament, wail; mournful song; low murmuring tune; (obsolete) long-drawn-out sound”), from croon (verb): see above; and * derived from the verb. Cognates * Middle Dutch krônen (modern Dutch kreunen (“to groan, moan; to lament”)) * Middle Low German kroenen (“to babble, prattle; to chatter”), kronen (“to growl; to grumble; to scold”) * Old High German chrônan, chrônnan (“to babble, prattle; to chatter”) * Saterland Frisian krȫnen (“to cause to weep”)

来源：wiktionary