英：[kru:n]
美：[krun]
croon如何读
croon是什么意思
- v.低声歌唱；低吟；轻哼
- n.低吟声；轻哼声
croon变形
第三人称单数:croons
现在分词:crooning
过去式:crooned
过去分词:crooned
croon扩展
crooner (n.)
croon英英释义
verb
intransitive verb
chiefly Scotland bellow, boom
to sing or speak in a gentle murmuring mannerespecially: to sing in a soft intimate manner adapted to amplifying systems
The mother crooned as she rocked the baby.
transitive verb
to sing (something, such as a popular song or a lullaby) in a crooning manner
… croons ballads that conjure up the tenderness of puppy love …—Joan Morgan
croon词源中文解释
约在1400年，“轻声说话或唱歌”，最初源自苏格兰； 与荷兰中古语 kronen “哀悼，悲叹”，古高地德语 kronen “胡言乱语”相似。它们之间的关系不明确，也许都是模仿的。在早期的使用中，“像公牛一样咆哮”，以及“发出低沉的低语声”（15世纪中期）。由罗伯特·彭斯广为流传。中世纪的意义演变可能是从“哀悼”到“轻柔悲伤地唱歌”。相关： Crooned； crooning。
croon词源英文解释
Middle English croynen, from Middle Dutch cronen; akin to Old High German crōnen to chatter
The first known use of croon was in the 15th century
croon儿童词典英英释义
crossbillnoun
any of a genus of finches with the upper and lower parts of the bill curved so that they cross each other when the bill is closed
crossbarnoun
a bar, piece, or stripe placed crosswise or across something
crosiernoun
a staff like a shepherd's crook carried by bishops and abbots as a symbol of office
croquetnoun
a game in which the players use mallets to drive wooden balls through a series of wickets set out on a lawn
cropper1 of 2noun
one that cropsespecially: sharecropper
cropper2 of 2noun
a severe fall
a sudden or violent failure or collapse
crop1 of 2noun
the handle of a whip
a short riding whip
an enlargement of the gullet of a bird or insect that forms a pouch to receive food and prepare it for digestion
a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested
the product or yield especially of a harvested crop
batch sense 2, lot
a new crop of kindergartners
crop2 of 2verb
to remove the upper or outer parts of crop a dog's ears
crop a hedge
to cut off short : clip
crop a photograph
to cause land to bear a crop
to grow as a crop
crop cotton
to produce or make a crop
the apple trees cropped well
to come or appear when not expected
problems crop up daily
croplandnoun
land on which crops are grown
croonverb
to hum or sing in a low soft voice
croon a lullaby
croon 例句
1 She worked quickly, crooning as she moved about.
2 As dangerous as the Chimaera, and as rare, the Manticore is reputed to croon softly as it devours its prey.
3 “Yes...” she croons, riding him like a storm-tossed boat rides the waves.
4 He loved when Nate sang shanties—the songs sailors crooned as they did their work.
5 Then the pianist let loose a sequence of rising and falling syncopations and a man’s crooning voice stretched over it all.
6 “Pretty pigbaby, pretty piglet,” she and the mother would croon, fooling the ghosts on the lookout for a new birth.
7 The wind stirred her russet hair, crooning softly in her ears.
8 Don't be startled by the smiling, white-haired man who croon "Merry Christmas" to you.
当你见到那向你低声哼着“圣诞快乐”面带笑容的白发老人时，不要感到吃惊。
9 “Now, don’t that feel good, baby?” he crooned at her.
10 He'd also stay up meowing for hours some nights, and we'd call it his' Elvis croon.
他还保持喵喵叫几个小时，我们会叫他猫王轻哼。
11 At night, his delicate snores reminded me of a baby cricket, just learning to croon to the night.
12 Henry Reid, engineer-in-charge of the Langley laboratory, crooned to his employees, the shibboleth a reminder of the importance of the airplane to the war’s outcome.
13 He would much rather have been crooning in a smoky bar...
他宁愿在烟雾缭绕的酒吧里哼唱歌曲。
14 “You make me very hungry,” he croons, eyebrows waggling.
15 He watched as the mother comforted the child by rhythmically bouncing up and down and crooning to him.
16 Of course, I’ve never been to a concert because I’m not allowed, but when I dream about going to a show, Jeff Tweedy is crooning, “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.”
17 Her voice remains steady as she croons to Buttercup.
18 “Don’t,” crooned Moaning Myrtle’s voice from one of the cubicles.
19 “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby,” he croons, his eyes still squeezed up as tight as if there was a whole pan of frying onions right there in front of him.
20 “Yes—yes. There—there. Mother knows—Mother understands. It will be all right when the teeth come through,” crooned Mrs. Banks tenderly.