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tones

过去式: toned 过去分词: toned 现在分词: toning 第三人称单数: tones

tones基本解释

n.语气；音调；调子；色调；风气

v.使更健壮；定调；调色；装腔作势地说

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tones英英释义

Noun:

the quality of a person's voice;
"he began in a conversational tone"
"he spoke in a nervous 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 timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"
"the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;
"the feel of the city excited him"
"a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"
"it had the smell of treason"
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color;
"after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound;
"the singer held the note too long"
a steady sound without overtones;
"they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli;
"the doctor tested my tonicity"
a musical interval of two semitones
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"

Verb:

utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;
"The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"
vary the pitch of one's speech
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"