0 a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts, often towards the person being spoken to:
I tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice.
Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= angrily), young lady!
It wasn't so much what she said that annoyed me - it was her tone.
She recounted the story to me in shocked tones (= in a shocked voice).
I could hear the low tones of my parents talking in the next room.
For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events.
1 the general mood or main qualities of something:
I didn't like the jokey tone of the article - I thought it was inappropriate.
Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling disgusting jokes, Mark!
Both candidates need to raise the tone of the campaign, as the electorate is tired of negative campaigning.
He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting.
3 the healthy tightness of the body, especially the muscles:
4 the largest difference in pitch between two notes that are next to each other in the western musical scale:
5 the quality of sound of a musical instrument or singing voice:
6 one of the continuous sounds that you hear on a phone that tell you if the other phone is ringing, if it is busy, etc.:
7 If you tone a part of the body, you make it firmer and stronger, usually by doing physical exercise:
8 a quality in the voice, esp. one that expresses the speaker’s feelings, often toward the person being addressed:
His tone was apologetic.
10 a musical, mechanical, or voice sound on one note:
11 the quality of sound of a musical instrument or singing voice
13 a feature of color related to its brightness or the amount of light it reflects
14 an electronic sound that you hear on a phone line:
15 an electronic sound when you call a phone number that tells you the person you are calling is already using the phone for another call:
She tends to adopt a falsely cheerful tone when she's upset about something.
His gentle introductory tone modulates into a football coach's pre-game pep talk.
It's that patronizing tone of hers that I can't bear.
"We're so pleased to meet you at last, " he said in a respectful tone of voice.
When he spoke his tone was accusatory.
I found myself irritated by the adulatory tone of her biography.
Dale lowered the tone of the evening by telling a dirty joke.
The tone of the meeting was very pessimistic.
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話語表達, (常指對聽話人的)語氣,腔調,口吻, 聲調…
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音色, (声の)調子, トーン…
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