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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·tone /ɪnˈtəʊn $ -ˈtoʊn/ verb [transitive] formal  ALRRto say something slowly and clearly without making your voice rise and fall much as you speak 平稳清晰地说 The priest intoned the blessing. 神父庄重地念了祷文。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
intoneWith each drop the name of the plague is intoned.Even when the clergyman appeared from the vestry and began the service, the prayers he intoned brought me no help.Loudly he intoned some short Latin prayer, then crossed himself again and turned.That same year Iggy Pop intoned the chorus to her feminist ballad Daw da Hiya.When I had studied it, very slowly, I used to intone the melody with which I had once studied Gemara.Uncle Danny intoned the prayer in Hebrew.The priest intoned the prayers in a nervous voice, pulling at his beard.
Origin intone (1300-1400) Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonare, from Latin tonus; → TONE1
in·tone verbChineseSyllable
making voice without and clearly your say Corpus slowly to something


intone
intone /ɪnˈtəʊn $ -ˈtoʊn/ verb [transitive] formal
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: entoner, from Medieval Latin intonare, from Latin tonus; tone1
to say something slowly and clearly without making your voice rise and fall much as you speak:
    The priest intoned the blessing.


in·toneBrE /ɪnˈtəʊn/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈtoʊn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they intone BrE /ɪnˈtəʊn/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtoʊn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it intones BrE /ɪnˈtəʊnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtoʊnz/ 🔊past simple intoned BrE /ɪnˈtəʊnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtoʊnd/ 🔊past participle intoned BrE /ɪnˈtəʊnd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtoʊnd/ 🔊 -ing form intoning BrE /ɪnˈtəʊnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtoʊnɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth | + speech (formal) to say sth in a slow and serious voice without much expression 缓慢庄重地说The priest intoned the final prayer. 神父庄重地念了最后的祷文。🔊🔊