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Definition of croon in English: croonverb kruːnkrun [no object]1Hum or sing in a soft, low voice, especially in a sentimental manner. （尤指充满感情地）低吟；轻哼，哼唱 she was crooning to the child 她在对孩子轻轻哼着歌。 with object the female vocalist crooned smoky blues into the microphone 女歌手对着麦克风轻哼着缥缈的布鲁斯歌曲。 Example sentencesExamples - Invite a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist to croon with your best student bands and fill the theatre.
- On ‘Caught Between’, Eno's voice croons from the distance over slow shimmering beats, and minimal piano and guitar lines.
- I was pleasantly surprised when she crooned ditties sung by other playback singers in concerts.
- And, odd as it may seem, his voice was strikingly beautiful as he crooned that line.
- But it wasn't pitch-perfect crooning that made her such an icon.
- ‘Lovely Leia’ my Mamma would croon in a sing song voice to me as I lay curled in her lap.
- Further, Jake does not just sing, he croons, swoons, bellows and lets it all loose.
- Most of the tunes are instrumental, though he drafts a few guest vocalists to quietly croon or blues-up the sound.
- I flopped onto my back and started crooning in my off key voice.
- You're not just singing, you're crooning and your voice is all mellow and smooth and tastes like honey.
- Indeed, singing seems to be something new to him - or perhaps it is just that his voice is not right for the tunes he is crooning.
- The karaoke-mad couple love nothing better than getting up and crooning hit songs.
- He croons the words mawkishly, holding the mike close to his mouth, keeping a straight face.
- Should Australia's national anthem be sung straight or is it all right to warble, croon or rock it up?
- The album comes to a perfect end with female vocals crooning about a spinning top slowly coming to a stop.
- The female singer crooned, and the audience didn't miss a note.
- At the end, instead of a fat lady singing, we get a thinner but happier Watt contentedly crooning about how great it is to be alive.
- His wife had snatched the child out of his arms one day as he sat on the doorstep crooning to it a song such as the mothers sing to babies in his mountains.
- ‘We learn to communicate as babies through crooning and singing from our mothers,’ he says.
- No amateur karaoke here, only recording contract voices crooning the classics accompanied by a really talented and funny pianist.
Synonyms sing softly, hum, lilt, carol, warble, trill, quaver rare troll - 1.1with direct speech Say in a soft, low voice.
温和低声地说 ‘Goodbye, you lovely darling,’ she crooned “再见，亲爱的宝贝，"她低声细语地说。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Shannon, you really need to stop being so sullen,’ the quiet voice crooned over the phone.
- But then, a peaceful, mature, controlled voice crooned next to them.
- I spoke to him, crooning soft, comforting words.
- My mother's voice croons in my ear, ‘Darling, what's the matter?’
- ‘Oh, come on, honey, don't be that way,’ a familiar voice crooned.
noun kruːnkrun A soft, low voice or tone. 温和低声地说 he sang in a gentle, highly expressive croon 他用轻柔而极富表情的音调哼唱着。 Example sentencesExamples - The vocals plateau at a whining croon throughout the most of the album.
- His recognizable croon is as heartfelt as ever but it's the three-part harmonies that really transport these songs.
- Ronald still sings with the buttery croon of an angel.
- There was the sneering velvety croon, power guitar chords and sharp melodies which seemed destined for success at home, in the United States and beyond.
- ‘Poor baby,’ the Grandmother said in almost a croon.
- Who, back in 1991, would have guessed that his clenched-teeth complaining-voice came along with such an expressive croon?
- Kieran held the animal to the rapid pace with a soft croon of reassurance that Michael doubted he felt.
- Hey, if you listen carefully enough around Christmas time, you might even catch the dulcet croon of a certain Mr Bing Crosby.
- His heavily reverbed soft croon is accompanied by a simple acoustic guitar and bongo arrangement with a slide guitar punctuating the choruses.
- His singing style suddenly changed into a deliberate croon.
- The lilting croon of a young woman singing, the soft rumble of a man.
- He is now master of his voice, having not only developed it into two distinct instruments - the lilting croon and the rich bark - but using each instrument in the proper settings.
- He went rigid with excitement and did a jig around the living room, keening an unearthly croon of delight.
- His vocal performance is powerfully nuanced as he veers from a soft, uncomfortably high croon to a barely contained wail by song's end.
- At times, he'll whisper in a low-key croon.
- And his voice seems to be mellowing into some kind of croon, which is odd in itself.
- But his pop songs showcase his singing, which starts off like he's reading his journal to a bored girlfriend, then takes flight in an impassioned croon.
- He's using it more traditionally, but his blend of eerie falsetto and soulful croon remains striking.
- But, at heart, this is business as usual - ballads and mid-tempo tunes delivered in that familiar husky croon.
- 20 years after his heyday, his signature croon is as smooth as ever.
OriginLate 15th century (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. [LME] Originally Scots and northern English, croon is from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch krōnen ‘groan, lament’. The use of croon in standard English was probably popularized by poet Robert Burns (1759–96).
Rhymesafternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tune, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon Definition of croon in US English: croonverbkro͞onkrun [no object]1Hum or sing in a soft, low voice, especially in a sentimental manner. （尤指充满感情地）低吟；轻哼，哼唱 she was crooning to the child 她在对孩子轻轻哼着歌。 with object the female vocalist crooned smoky blues into the microphone 女歌手对着麦克风轻哼着缥缈的布鲁斯歌曲。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Lovely Leia’ my Mamma would croon in a sing song voice to me as I lay curled in her lap.
- At the end, instead of a fat lady singing, we get a thinner but happier Watt contentedly crooning about how great it is to be alive.
- I flopped onto my back and started crooning in my off key voice.
- Further, Jake does not just sing, he croons, swoons, bellows and lets it all loose.
- The album comes to a perfect end with female vocals crooning about a spinning top slowly coming to a stop.
- On ‘Caught Between’, Eno's voice croons from the distance over slow shimmering beats, and minimal piano and guitar lines.
- You're not just singing, you're crooning and your voice is all mellow and smooth and tastes like honey.
- And, odd as it may seem, his voice was strikingly beautiful as he crooned that line.
- The female singer crooned, and the audience didn't miss a note.
- I was pleasantly surprised when she crooned ditties sung by other playback singers in concerts.
- The karaoke-mad couple love nothing better than getting up and crooning hit songs.
- Most of the tunes are instrumental, though he drafts a few guest vocalists to quietly croon or blues-up the sound.
- Invite a Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist to croon with your best student bands and fill the theatre.
- But it wasn't pitch-perfect crooning that made her such an icon.
- He croons the words mawkishly, holding the mike close to his mouth, keeping a straight face.
- Indeed, singing seems to be something new to him - or perhaps it is just that his voice is not right for the tunes he is crooning.
- Should Australia's national anthem be sung straight or is it all right to warble, croon or rock it up?
- No amateur karaoke here, only recording contract voices crooning the classics accompanied by a really talented and funny pianist.
- ‘We learn to communicate as babies through crooning and singing from our mothers,’ he says.
- His wife had snatched the child out of his arms one day as he sat on the doorstep crooning to it a song such as the mothers sing to babies in his mountains.
Synonyms sing softly, hum, lilt, carol, warble, trill, quaver - 1.1 Say in a soft, low voice.
温和低声地说 “Goodbye, you lovely darling,” she crooned “再见，亲爱的宝贝，"她低声细语地说。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Shannon, you really need to stop being so sullen,’ the quiet voice crooned over the phone.
- But then, a peaceful, mature, controlled voice crooned next to them.
- ‘Oh, come on, honey, don't be that way,’ a familiar voice crooned.
- My mother's voice croons in my ear, ‘Darling, what's the matter?’
- I spoke to him, crooning soft, comforting words.
nounkro͞onkrun A soft, low voice or tone. 温和低声地说 he sang in a gentle, highly expressive croon 他用轻柔而极富表情的音调哼唱着。 Example sentencesExamples - His heavily reverbed soft croon is accompanied by a simple acoustic guitar and bongo arrangement with a slide guitar punctuating the choruses.
- He is now master of his voice, having not only developed it into two distinct instruments - the lilting croon and the rich bark - but using each instrument in the proper settings.
- But, at heart, this is business as usual - ballads and mid-tempo tunes delivered in that familiar husky croon.
- ‘Poor baby,’ the Grandmother said in almost a croon.
- His vocal performance is powerfully nuanced as he veers from a soft, uncomfortably high croon to a barely contained wail by song's end.
- His singing style suddenly changed into a deliberate croon.
- He's using it more traditionally, but his blend of eerie falsetto and soulful croon remains striking.
- He went rigid with excitement and did a jig around the living room, keening an unearthly croon of delight.
- Kieran held the animal to the rapid pace with a soft croon of reassurance that Michael doubted he felt.
- Who, back in 1991, would have guessed that his clenched-teeth complaining-voice came along with such an expressive croon?
- There was the sneering velvety croon, power guitar chords and sharp melodies which seemed destined for success at home, in the United States and beyond.
- Hey, if you listen carefully enough around Christmas time, you might even catch the dulcet croon of a certain Mr Bing Crosby.
- Ronald still sings with the buttery croon of an angel.
- The lilting croon of a young woman singing, the soft rumble of a man.
- His recognizable croon is as heartfelt as ever but it's the three-part harmonies that really transport these songs.
- At times, he'll whisper in a low-key croon.
- And his voice seems to be mellowing into some kind of croon, which is odd in itself.
- The vocals plateau at a whining croon throughout the most of the album.
- 20 years after his heyday, his signature croon is as smooth as ever.
- But his pop songs showcase his singing, which starts off like he's reading his journal to a bored girlfriend, then takes flight in an impassioned croon.
OriginLate 15th century (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. |