资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Intone \In*tone"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intoned}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Intoning}.] [LL. intonare, intonatum; pref. in- in + L.
   tonus tone. See {Tone} and cf. {Entune}, {Intonate}.]
   To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant;
   as, to intone the church service.

资料来源 : WordNet®

intoned
     adj : uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting;
           "their chantlike intoned prayers"; "a singsong manner
           of speaking" [syn: {chantlike}, {singsong}]