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- tone [ton] [təun]
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1.
noun
音；乐音
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2.
noun
音质
- 3. noun 语调；腔调
- 4. noun 语气；口气
- 5. noun 正常的弹性（或伸缩性）
- 6. noun 风气；风格；气氛
- 7. noun 雅致；漂亮
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8.
noun
色彩；色泽；明暗的配合
- 9. noun 色度；（色彩的）层次；浓淡
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10.
noun
[linguistics]
音调；语调
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11.
noun
[linguistics]
（语言的）声调
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12.
noun
[music]
乐音[区别于noise]
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13.
noun
[music]
基音[区别于overtone]
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14.
noun
[music]
全音；全音程
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15.
noun
[music]
宣叙调；吟诵调
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16.
noun
[drawing]
色值；颜色的配合
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17.
noun
[physiology]
健康状态；健壮
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18.
noun
[physiology]
（肌肉等的）健康正常的弹性；张力
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19.
noun
思想状态；心情；心境
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20.
vt.
[rarely used]
【同义词】intone
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21.
vt.
给（乐器等）定音；以某种色调（绘画）
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22.
vt.
使变调子；使变色调
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23.
vt.
[photography]
给…上色；给…着色
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24.
vi.
带有某种腔调；呈现某种色调
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1.
noun
音；乐音
Collins English-English Dictionary
- tone [təυn]
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1.
n
sound with reference to quality, pitch, or volume
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2.
n
Gregorian tone any of several plainsong melodies or other chants used in the singing of psalms
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3.
n
short for tone colour
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4.
n
another word for note
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5.
n
[US and Canadian]
(in acoustic analysis) a sound resulting from periodic or regular vibrations, composed either of a simple sinusoidal waveform (pure tone) or of several such waveforms superimposed upon one main one (compound tone)
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6.
n
an interval of a major second; whole tone
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7.
n
[linguistics]
any of the pitch levels or pitch contours at which a syllable may be pronounced, such as high tone, falling tone, etc
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8.
n
the quality or character of a sound
- a nervous tone of voice
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9.
n
general aspect, quality, or style
- I didn't like the tone of his speech
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10.
n
high quality or style
- to lower the tone of a place
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11.
n
the quality of a given colour, as modified by mixture with white or black; shade; tint
- a tone of red
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12.
n
[physiol]
the normal tension of a muscle at rest
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13.
n
the natural firmness of the tissues and normal functioning of bodily organs in health
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14.
n
the overall effect of the colour values and gradations of light and dark in a picture
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15.
n
[photog]
a colour or shade of colour, including black or grey, of a particular area on a negative or positive that can be distinguished from surrounding lighter or darker areas
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16.
vi.
[intr;
often foll by with] to be of a matching or similar tone (to)- the curtains tone with the carpet
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17.
vt.
[tr]
to give a tone to or correct the tone of
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18.
vt.
[tr]
[photog]
to soften or change the colour of the tones of (a photographic image) by chemical means
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19.
vt.
[tr]
to give greater firmness or strength to (the body or a part of the body)
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20.
vt.
an archaic word for intone
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21.
vt.
See also tone down tone up
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22.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14: from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos tension, tone, from teinein to stretch
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1.
n
sound with reference to quality, pitch, or volume
Examples
- a belligerent gesture or tone
- 摆出交战或争吵的架势或腔调 → belligerent
- a brisk tone ot voice
- 尖锐刺耳的腔调 → brisk
- a decisive tone of voice
- 果断的语气 → decisive
- a full tone
- 洪亮的声调 → full
- a tone of contempt
- 轻蔑的腔调 → tone
- the friendly tone of her letter
- 她信中的友好语气 → tone
- rubber that has lost its tone
- 失去弹性的橡皮 → tone
- the cultured tone of their house
- 他们家中一派有教养的气氛 → tone
- paintings that lent the room tone
- 使房间变得雅致的油画 → tone
- The tone of her voice was so sharp that all the children immediately stopped what they were doing.
- 她提高了音调，非常刺耳，所有的孩子都停下了手中的事。 → sharp
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