intone

verb

1. 缓慢庄重地说
   to say sth in a slow and serious voice without much expression
   1. The priest intoned the final prayer.
      神父庄重地念了最后的祷文。

1. VERB 缓慢庄重地说;(以单一的音调)吟咏，吟诵
   If you intone something, you say it in a slow and serious way, with most of the words at one pitch.
   1. He quietly intoned several prayers...
      他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
   2. 'But Jesus is here!' the priest intoned.
      “但是耶稣在这里！”牧师吟诵道。

1. He quietly intoned several prayers
   他肃穆地轻声念了几句祈祷词。
2. 'But Jesus is here!' the priest intoned.
   “但是耶稣在这里！”牧师吟诵道。
3. The chanting stilled as the leader, face shadowed by a heavily gilded hood, stepped forward and began to intone a ritual in some indecipherable tongue.
   仪式还在继续，祭祀中的首领带着镀金兜帽，脸笼罩在阴影中，他走上前来开始用一种我无法理解的方式吟唱。
4. The parrot he had just bought could recite Shakespeare's sonnets, imitate opera stars and intone Homer's epic poems in Greek.
   他刚买的鹦鹉可以背诵莎士比亚的十四行诗，模仿歌剧明星并能用希腊语吟唱荷马史诗。
5. Because Amitabha can receive disciples who intone Namo Amitabha to the West Pure Land, he is also called the Receiving Buddha.
   因阿弥陀佛能接引念“南无阿弥陀佛”的信徒往生西方净土，所以又叫“接引佛”。
6. MA Xiaohui also showed her beautiful dancing and live intone, which will let the fans have a new understanding of Chinese traditional music.
   马晓晖还展示了华丽的舞姿和深情的现场吟诵，让乐迷对民乐演奏能够达到的境界有了新的认识。
7. Amitabha vows that "All sentient beings that intone my Buddha epithet will eradicate their crimes of eight billion eons and acquire merits of eight billion eons."
   阿弥陀佛自诩：“众生念我佛号一声，可以灭八十亿劫生死之罪，得八十亿劫微妙功德。”
8. There's an ancient saying: After reading up three hundred Tang pos, you can at least intone pos even you can't write th.
   古人有句经验之谈：熟读唐诗三百首，不会写诗也会吟。
9. If I intone the blessings.
   由我呤诵祝福经文。
10. The so-called "intone" is a longer audio-video intonating voice Side Reading, which stresses the cadence of the tone and rhythm. It is a traditional good way of poetry reading in China.
    所谓吟诵，就是拉长了声音像歌唱似地读，它讲究抑扬顿挫的节奏，是我国传统的读诗读词的好方法。

verb

1. recite with musical intonation
   1. The rabbi chanted a prayer

   Synonym:    chantintonatecantillate

2. speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone
   1. please intonate with sadness

   Synonym:    intonate

3. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
   1. The students chanted the same slogan over and over again

   Synonym:    tonechant