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croon /ˈkrun/
(vi.)(vt.)低聲歌唱,低唱,低吟低唱,低吟,輕哼
Croon v. i.
1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [Scot.]
2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens.
Croon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooned p. pr. & vb. n. Crooning.]
1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C. Bronté.
2. To soothe by singing softly.
The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens.
Croon, n.
1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
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