drone

drone, véhicule sans pilote

Véhicule commandé à distance ou par ordinateur, sans personne à bord pour le conduire.

En anglais simple : A vehicle controlled from a distance or by a computer, with no person inside operating it.

• He flew a drone over the park.
• The underwater drone recorded life on the seabed.
• Drones can deliver supplies to places that are difficult to reach.

Synonymes : uncrewed vehicle, unmanned vehicle

Expressions courantes : fly a drone, camera drone, underwater drone, military drone

drone

Petit appareil volant commandé depuis le sol, sans pilote à bord.

En anglais simple : A small aircraft controlled from the ground, with no pilot inside.

• We used a drone to film the beach.
• Several drones flew above the stadium.
• Can you control the drone from here?

Synonymes : unmanned aircraft

Expressions courantes : fly a drone, drone footage, drone pilot

bourdonnement, ronronnement

Son grave et régulier qui se prolonge pendant un certain temps.

En anglais simple : A low, steady sound that continues for some time.

• I heard the drone of an engine.
• The steady drone made her sleepy.
• A distant drone came from the factory.

Comment l'utiliser : the drone of something (The drone of the engine kept me awake.)

Synonymes : hum, buzz

Expressions courantes : drone of machinery, steady drone, low drone

faux bourdon

Abeille mâle ou insecte semblable dont le rôle principal est de s’accoupler avec une reine.

En anglais simple : A male bee or similar insect whose main role is to mate with a queen.

• A drone is a male bee.
• The drones leave the hive to find queens.
• Unlike worker bees, drones do not gather nectar.

Synonymes : male bee

Expressions courantes : drone bee, male drone, hive drone

parler monotonement

Parler d’une voix ennuyeuse, sans changer de ton.

En anglais simple : To speak in a boring voice that stays at the same pitch.

• The speaker droned for an hour.
• She droned on about office rules.
• His flat voice was droning through the loudspeaker.

Comment l'utiliser : drone on about something (He droned on about his tax problems.)

Expressions courantes : drone on, drone about something

bourdonner, ronronner

Produire un son grave et régulier qui dure un certain temps.

En anglais simple : To make a low, steady sound that continues for some time.

• The engine droned all night.
• A plane was droning overhead.
• The fan drones while I work.

Synonymes : hum, buzz

Expressions courantes : drone overhead, drone steadily, drone in background

attaquer par drone

Tuer quelqu’un ou détruire quelque chose avec un appareil volant commandé depuis le sol.

En anglais simple : To kill someone or destroy something using an aircraft controlled from the ground.

• The unit planned to drone the target.
• The report claimed the army had droned the village.
• Critics accused the government of droning suspected fighters.

Expressions courantes : drone a target, drone a village