croon

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croon /kruːn/ verb [intransitive, transitive] APMSAYto sing or speak in a soft gentle voice, especially about love 柔声唱〔尤指情歌〕；柔声说〔尤指和爱有关〕 Sinatra crooning mellow tunes 歌声柔和醇厚的西纳特拉 ‘My child, ’ Sarah crooned. “我的孩子。”萨拉柔声说道。 —crooner noun [countable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

croon• Drake has low croon, duck a harsh wigeon-like quack: both make whistling sound in flight like Goldeneye.• She wandered around the tables, while crooning ''Embraceable You''.• Anyone playing the tape would hear Michael Jackson crooning in the exact digital quality they would hear on a purchased Thriller tape.• It was suffocating to sit between those merit was like being a fox in a bog while hounds crooned on either bank.• I move among the aisles and walkways, which are a scented, winking, shimmering, crooning riot of Christmas.• And a cassette deck crooning the blues and Bach.• A woman gently crooned the tune of a lullaby.• Lovely, lovely, she crooned to herself.• We hear her sobbing, lifting the baby up, crooning to it.• On the store speakers, Bing Crosby was crooning "White Christmas."• The vocals are strong, clear and smooth, crooning with the memory of what Sinatra was back in his day.Origin croon (1400-1500) Middle Dutch cronen

croon verbChinese

especially to gentle speak soft or about a voice, Corpus in sing

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croon /kruːn/