croon
verb /kruːn/
/kruːn/
[transitive, intransitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they croon | /kruːn/ /kruːn/ |
he / she / it croons | /kruːnz/ /kruːnz/ |
past simple crooned | /kruːnd/ /kruːnd/ |
past participle crooned | /kruːnd/ /kruːnd/ |
-ing form crooning | /ˈkruːnɪŋ/ /ˈkruːnɪŋ/ |
- croon (something) to sing something quietly and gently
低声哼唱 - She gently crooned a lullaby.
她轻声哼唱了一支摇篮曲。 - Bobby Darren was crooning ‘Dream Lover’.
鲍比·达伦唱着《梦中情人》。 - She crooned softly to herself.
她轻声喃喃自语。
词源late 15th cent. (originally Scots and northern English): from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch krōnen ‘groan, lament’. The use of croon in standard English was probably popularized by Robert Burns. - She gently crooned a lullaby.