English Dictionary

drone

IPA（発音記号）

/dɹəʊn/

名詞

古語 地域変種 インターネット 俗語

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee. / (now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler. / One who performs menial or tedious work.

日本語の意味

（昆虫学的意味）女王蜂（または女王アリ・女王スズメバチ）の受精に関与する、働かない雄の蜂・アリ・スズメバチなどの昆虫。 / （比喩的意味）働かない怠け者、無精漢などの人。 / （比喩的意味）単調で面倒な雑用や労働を行う人。

A drone waited at the hive entrance, its sole purpose to mate with the queen.

雄蜂は巣の入り口で待っていて、その唯一の役割は女王蜂と交尾することだった。

意味（1）

A male ant, bee or wasp, which does not work but can fertilize the queen bee.

All with united force combine to drive / The lazy drones from the laborious hive.

意味（2）

(now rare) Someone who does not work; a lazy person, an idler.

SHYLOCK: The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder, Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day More than the wild-cat; drones hive not with me; Therefore I part with him; and part with him To one what I would have him help to waste His borrowed purse. […]

意味（3）

One who performs menial or tedious work.

意味（4）

(aviation) A remotely controlled aircraft, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

意味（5）

(Uganda) A Toyota HiAce or a similar van, especially one used by Ugandan state agents to kidnap opposition members.

The van is locally referred to as a drone because it is compact and stable under extreme conditions. It is also very fast. Technically though, it is a Toyota Hiace, which is usually used for commercial purposes.

意味（6）

(chiefly Internet slang) A person without the ability to think critically and independently, especially one who follows a group blindly; a non-player character.

The billionaire-friendly media drones and frenzied multiculturalist politicians are imposing vibrant third world social violence onto Australians, and Australians don't get to vote against this bipartisan conspiracy. The hyperactive globalist politicians and media drones might find themselves facing firing squads if they don't change their corrupt ways.

drones （ plural ）