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croon sth
及物用法，后接歌曲、曲调等名词。
She crooned a lullaby to the baby.
她对着宝宝低声唱了一首摇篮曲。
低声歌唱；低唱；低吟
crooning — present participle of croon
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低声歌唱；低唱；低吟
croon
She crooned a lullaby to the baby.
她对着宝宝低声唱了一首摇篮曲。
低声哼唱、轻唱或柔声说话；尤指用低沉圆润的嗓音唱流行歌曲。
To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.
通过轻声唱歌来安抚(人或动物)。
To soothe (a person or an animal) by singing softly.
低声哼唱、轻唱或柔声说话；尤指用低沉圆润的嗓音唱流行歌曲。
To hum or sing, or to speak, softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing a popular song in a low, mellow voice.
croon
Base
原形
croons
3rd person
第三人称单数
crooning
-ing
现在分词
crooned
Past
过去式
crooned
Past participle
过去分词
She croons a lullaby to the baby every night.
她每晚给宝宝低声唱摇篮曲。
He crooned an old love song at the party last night.
他昨晚在聚会上低声唱了一首老情歌。
The singer is crooning softly on stage.
歌手正在舞台上轻声哼唱。
croon 指轻柔、深情地低唱，常用于哄孩子入睡或唱情歌。
She crooned a lullaby to the baby.
她对着婴儿低声哼唱摇篮曲。
The singer was crooning a love song on stage.
歌手在舞台上低声吟唱一首情歌。
He croons softly to himself while working.
他工作时会轻声对自己哼唱。
及物用法，后接歌曲、曲调等名词。
She crooned a lullaby to the baby.
她对着宝宝低声唱了一首摇篮曲。
不及物用法，to 后接唱歌的对象。
He crooned to her in a soft voice.
他用轻柔的嗓音对她低声唱歌。
Not this
She sang in a croon voice.
Use this
She sang in a crooning voice.
croon 是动词或名词，不能直接用作定语修饰 voice；表示‘低吟般的嗓音’应用现在分词形式 crooning 作形容词。
Not this
The mother crooned at her baby.
Use this
The mother crooned to her baby.
croon 表示对某人低声哼唱时，人/对象前须用介词 to，表示动作的方向；at 多用于带有敌意或瞄准的‘朝…’，不符合温柔低唱的场景。
Not this
He crooned loudly at the concert.
Use this
He sang loudly at the concert.
croon 本身含‘低声、轻柔地唱’之义，不能与 loudly 连用；若强调大声唱，应用泛指唱歌的 sing。
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低声哼唱摇篮曲
She crooned a lullaby to the sleeping child.
她对着熟睡的孩子低声哼唱摇篮曲。
对某人低声哼唱
He crooned to the frightened puppy until it calmed down.
他对受惊的小狗低声哼唱，直到它平静下来。
轻声低唱
The old man crooned softly to himself.
老人低声轻唱，自得其乐。
对着麦克风低唱
The jazz singer crooned into the microphone.
爵士歌手对着麦克风低唱。
低声唱情歌
He crooned a love song to his wife.
他对着妻子低声唱了一首情歌。
Use crooning naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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联想 moon：croon 与 moon 同韵，想象月光下低声哼唱摇篮曲，croon 就是轻柔低唱。
语域：neutral 常见场景：music performance、lullabies、intimate conversation 表示“轻声唱、低吟”，多用于描写歌手低唱、哄孩子入睡或亲密地轻声说话。它带有温柔、怀旧的感情色彩，常见于文学和音乐描写中，日常口语中不算特别常用，但也不属于正式语体。
与 croon /kruːn/ 押韵的词：moon /muːn/、soon /suːn/、spoon /spuːn/、tune /tuːn/、June /dʒuːn/。注意 crown /kraʊn/ 拼写很像 croon，但发音完全不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.