drone
noun
zunido
EN Nothing it seemed could break that image, corrupt that innocence, or disturb the swaying mantle of silence which, week after week, in the empty room, wove into itself the falling cries of birds, ships hooting, the drone and hum of the fields, a dog's bark, a man's shout, and folded them round the house in silence.
GL Semellaba que nada podía romper aquela imaxe, corromper aquela inocencia, ou alterar aquel manto envolvente de silencio que, semana tras semana, naquela habitación baleira, integraba no seu tecido os chíos descendentes dos paxaros, as sirenas dos barcos, o zunido e mailo cantaruxar dos agros, o ladrido dun can, o berro dun home, e os pregaba arredor da casa silandeira.
Fonte: CAR (1997)
noun or adjective
nugallán
EN That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.
GL Para que todo isto non resultase un desembolso demasiado grande para os seus rústicos anfitrións, que adoitaban considera-los gastos escolares como unha carga moi dolorosa e os mestres como simples nugalláns, tiña diversas formas de resultar útil e agradable ó mesmo tempo.
Fonte: LEN (45)
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