tone是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts, often towards the person being spoken to -- （常指对听话人的）语气，腔调，口吻

  • I tried to use a sympathetic tone of voice. 我试着用一种同情的语气说话。

  • Don't speak to me in that tone of voice (= angrily), young lady! 小姐，别用那种语气跟我说话！

  • It wasn't so much what she said that annoyed me - it was her tone. 让我生气的不是她所说的话，而是她说话的语气。

  • She recounted the story to me in shocked tones (= in a shocked voice). 她用震惊的语气向我叙述了这件事。

  • I could hear the low tones of my parents talking in the next room. 我听到我父母在隔壁房间低声说话。

  • For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events. 半个多世纪以来，英国广播公司的播音员用沉稳的语调向英国电视观众报道世界大事。

• 1 the general mood or main qualities of something -- 风格；基调，格调；气氛

  • I didn't like the jokey tone of the article - I thought it was inappropriate. 我不喜欢这篇文章的搞笑风格——我觉得这不恰当。

  • Trust you to lower the tone of the evening by telling disgusting jokes, Mark! 马克，你讲粗俗的笑话肯定会把晚会的格调降下去！

  • Both candidates need to raise the tone of the campaign, as the electorate is tired of negative campaigning. 两位候选人都得提高活动格调，因为选民们已经受够了负面的竞选宣传。

  • He was in a very bad mood when he arrived, and that set the tone for the whole meeting. 他到的时候情绪很不好，这就决定了整个会议的气氛。

• 2 a form or degree of a colour -- 色调

  • warm tones of brown and yellow 棕色和黄色这种暖色调

• 3 the healthy tightness of the body, especially the muscles -- （尤指肌肉的）坚实，结实

  • After you've had a baby you lose the muscle tone in your stomach. 你生完孩子后，腹部的肌肉就失去了弹性。

• 4 the largest difference in pitch between two notes that are next to each other in the western musical scale -- 全音（指西洋音阶中相邻两音符之间最大的音差）

  • The interval from G to A is a whole tone. 从 G 到 A 的音程是一个全音。

• 5 the quality of sound of a musical instrument or singing voice -- 音色；音质

  • the beautiful rich tones of his tenor voice 他那美妙浑厚的男高音

• 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. -- 电话音

  • I've called him several times but I keep getting the engaged tone. 我已经给他打了几次电话，但每次听到的都是忙音。

  • Please wait until you hear the dialling tone (= the sound that a phone makes when it is ready to be used). 请等到您听到拨号音。

• 7 If you tone a part of the body, you make it firmer and stronger, usually by doing physical exercise. -- （通常通过锻炼）使（身体部位）更强健

  • This is a good exercise for toning up the thighs. 这种锻炼对增强大腿肌肉有好处。