tones
美 [ton]

n.

音( tone的名词复数 )；色调；腔调；全音 （英式英语）

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]腔调,语气 manner of expression in speaking
2. [C]音,音调 the quality or character of the sound produced by a particular instrument or singing voice
3. [S][U]风格,气度 the general quality or nature of sth; character

英英释义

tone

• n.
  • the quality of a person's voice

    "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"

    同义词：tone of voice

  • (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages

    "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

  • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

    "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

    同义词：timbretimberquality

  • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

    "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"

    同义词：spiritfeelfeelingflavorflavourlooksmell

  • a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color

    同义词：shadetinttincture

  • a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

    同义词：notemusical note

  • a steady sound without overtones

    "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"

    同义词：pure tone

  • the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

    同义词：tonicitytonus

  • a musical interval of two semitones

    同义词：whole tonestepwhole step

  • the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author

    "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"

• v.
  • utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

    同义词：chantintone

  • vary the pitch of one's speech

    同义词：inflectmodulate

  • change the color or tone of

    "tone a negative"

  • change to a color image

    "tone a photographic image"

  • give a healthy elasticity to

    "Let's tone our muscles"

    同义词：tone upstrengthen

词组短语

four tones四声

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He often speaks in an arrogant tone.
   他经常以一种傲慢的口气说话。
2. I dislike his airy tone of voice.
   我讨厌他那做作的声调。
3. That violin has a beautiful tone.
   那支小提琴的音色很美。
4. The tone of the meeting was pleasant and innocuous.
   会见的调子是令人愉快和坦率的。
5. The green wallpaper had a particularly somber tone.
   绿色的糊墙纸有一种特别的深沉的色调
6. The tone of the school is excellent.
   这所学校校风极好。

用作动词(v.)

1. Swimming is the best way to tone up your body .
   游泳是强身健体的最佳途径。
2. Tone that radio down,please.
   请把那台收音机的音量调低些。
3. She was trying to tone down the colors of the picture.
   她正设法使画面的色调柔和一些。

权威例句

Acoustical studies of Mandarin vowels and tones /
Physiologic responses to loud tones in Israeli patients with posttraumatic stress disorder
Phase-Locked Response to Low-Frequency Tones in Single Auditory Nerve Fibers of the Squirrel Monkey
Human auditory steady-state responses to tones independently modulated in both frequency and amplitude.
Intelligent medium access for mobile ad hoc networks with busy tones and power control
Intelligent medium access for mobile ad hoc networks with busy tones and power control
Human auditory steady-state responses to amplitude-modulated tones: phase and latency measurements.
Auditory event-related dynamics of the EEG spectrum and effects of exposure to tones
Use of the discrete fourier transform in the measurement of frequencies and levels of tones
Cariani, P. A. & Delgutte, B. Neural correlates of the pitch of complex tones. I. Pitch and pitch salience. J. Neurophysiol. 76, 169...