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croon 音标拼音: [kr'un]
vi.
vt. 低声歌唱,低唱,低吟
n. 低唱,低吟,轻哼 低声歌唱,低唱,低吟低唱,低吟,轻哼 croon v 1: sing softlyCroon \ Croon\ ( kr[= oo] n), v. i. [ OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to moan. [ root] 24.] 1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [ Scot.] -- Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly. [ 1913 Webster] Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with exaggerated sentimentality. -- MW10 -- RHUD [ PJC]
Croon \ Croon\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Crooned} ( kr[= oo] nd); p. pr. & vb. n. { Crooning}.] 1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one' s self; to hum. [ 1913 Webster] Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. -- C. Bront[' e]. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To soothe by singing softly. [ 1913 Webster] The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster]
Croon \ Croon\, n. 1. A low, continued moan; a murmur. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody. [ 1913 Webster] 37 Moby Thesaurus words for " croon": anthem, ballad, carol, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, chorus, descant, do- re- mi, hum, hymn, intonate, intone, lilt, minstrel, pipe, psalm, quaver, roulade, serenade, shake, sing, sing in chorus, sol- fa, solmizate, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocalize, warble, whistle, yodel
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