名词[语]声调，语调; [画]色调，色泽，明暗; [乐]乐音，全音，全音程; [医]（正常的）健康状态
及物动词使更健壮; 定调; 使变调子; [摄影术]给…上色
不及物动词带有某种腔调; 呈现某种色彩; （颜色）调和（与 with 连用）
1. tone down : 缓和；
及物动词
1. These exercises will tone up your muscles.
这些运动方式会强健你的肌肉。
2. Excitement toned her voice.
激动使她的嗓音都变了。
名词
1. Mandarin Chinese has four tones.
汉语有四声。
2. She used several tones of blue to make the sky look real.
她用了数种蓝色色调让天空看起来真实些。
3. Her voice has a pleasant tone.
她的声音有一种悦耳的声调。
tone的解释
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2. 音调：音位分为音段音位(segmental phonemes)和超音段音位(suprasegmental phonemes)两种,前者包括元音、辅音,元音与辅音、辅音与音在词中的组合,即音位组合或音节;后者则指重音(stress),音程(length)节奏(rhythm),音调(tone),语调(inton
1. 音质;音色;音调
The tone of a sound is its particular quality.
e.g. Cross could hear him speaking in low tones to Sarah.
克罗斯听得到他对萨拉低声说话。
e.g. ...the clear tone of the bell.
清亮的铃音
2. 语气；口气；腔调
Someone's tone is a quality in their voice which shows what they are feeling or thinking.
e.g. I still didn't like his tone of voice...
我还是不喜欢他说话的语气。
e.g. Suddenly he laughed again, this time with a cold, sharp tone…
突然他又笑了，这次笑得冷漠、刺耳。
3. (演讲、文章的)语气，调子，基调
The tone of a speech or piece of writing is its style and the opinions or ideas expressed in it.
e.g. The spokesman said the tone of the letter was very friendly...
发言人说信函的语气非常友好。
e.g. His comments to reporters were conciliatory in tone...
他对记者们的讲话带着安抚的口吻。
4. 气氛;氛围;格调
The tone of a place or an event is its general atmosphere.
e.g. The high tone of the occasion was assured by the presence of a dozen wealthy patrons…
十几位富有资助人的出席确保了仪式的高格调。
e.g. The service desk at the entrance, with its friendly, helpful and efficient staff, sets the tone for the rest of the store.
入口处设有服务台，加之友好、热心与高效的服务人员，营造了这家商店的整体氛围。
5. （身体的）强健状况；(尤指肌肉的)紧实度，结实度
The tone of someone's body, especially their muscles, is its degree of firmness and strength.
e.g. ...stretch exercises that aim to improve muscle tone...
旨在提高肌肉结实度的伸展锻炼
e.g. Keeping your muscles strong and in tone helps you to avoid back problems.
保持肌肉强健有力有助于避免背部疾病。
6. 使结实；使强健
Something that tones your body makes it firm and strong.
e.g. This movement lengthens your spine and tones the spinal nerves...
这一动作舒展脊椎，使脊神经更加强健。
e.g. Try these toning exercises before you start the day.
在开始一天的活动之前，试着做做这些强身健体的体操。
7. 色调;明暗
A tone is one of the lighter, darker, or brighter shades of the same colour.
e.g. Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size...
每块砖在色调、质地与大小上也都略有不同。
e.g. I'm a cheery sort of person, so I like cheerful tones.
我是个活泼类型的人，因此喜欢明亮的色调。
8. (与…)协调(或相配)
If one thing tones with another, the two things look nice together because their colours are similar in quality or brightness.
e.g. Princess Margaret toned with her in a turquoise print dress.
玛格丽特公主那条青绿色的印花裙子与她很相配。
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9. 电话提示音
A tone is one of the sounds that you hear when you are using a telephone, for example the sound that tells you that a number is engaged or busy, or no longer exists.
10. tone
10. 音;全音
A tone is a difference in pitch between two musical notes equal to two semitones.
11. see also: dialling tone;ring tone
12. 降低格调
If you say that something lowers the tone of a place or event, you mean that it is not appropriate and makes the place or event seem less respectable.
e.g. Councillors say plastic-framed windows lower the tone of the neighbourhood.
市政会委员说塑料框架的窗户让这个社区掉份儿了。
13. 使(颜色)柔和；使(味道)变淡;调和
If you tone down a colour or a flavour, you make it less bright or strong.
e.g. When Ken Hom wrote his first book for the BBC he was asked to tone down the spices and garlic in his recipes.
当肯·霍姆为英国广播公司写第一本书的时候，他被要求在菜谱里少用些香料和大蒜。
1. tone的翻译
1. The chamber's negative tone came prior to Wednesday's meeting with the Provisional Commission on Minimum Wage.
2. tone是什么意思
2. A major part of the play's Chinese version preserves the hallmark tone of candid confession and shocking presentation intermingled with humour.
3. The cautionary tone followed remarks by central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan last week pledging to " actively and safely " push ahead with currency reform this year.
4. tone是什么意思
4. Industry experts say the revenue of the mobile ring tone download business has long exceeded the CD and cassette sector.
5. Obama still sees nuclear power as a major element of future US energy policy, but he is injecting a new tone of caution into his endorsement.
6. Any action is likely to be limited to condemnation, and the discussion to center on finding and striking the right tone.
7. The market's positive tone was enhanced by US data showing inflation remained in check.
8. tone在线翻译
8. His scenes warbling with his a cappella choral group - The Tone Rangers - are among the movie's funniest.
9. He chose comedic actors who haven't been overexposed on film, planning to have them play their roles seriously and have a humorous tone emerge naturally.
10. tone的近义词
10. Foods that contain high amounts of estrogen include some types of milk, silkworm chrysalis and tonics that restore or increase body tone.
noun
1. tone的近义词
1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
e.g. after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
e.g. the Beijing dialect uses four tones
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3. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
e.g. the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Synonym: timbre timber quality
4. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
e.g. 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
5. a steady sound without overtones
e.g. they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies
Synonym: pure tone
6. a musical interval of two semitones
Synonym: whole tone step whole step
7. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
e.g. the singer held the note too long
Synonym: note musical note
8. tone是什么意思
8. the quality of a person's voice
e.g. he began in a conversational tone
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice
Synonym: tone of voice
9. tone的反义词
9. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
e.g. the feel of the city excited him
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
it had the smell of treason
Synonym: spirit feel feeling flavor flavour look smell
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10. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
e.g. the doctor tested my tonicity
verb
1. give a healthy elasticity to
e.g. Let's tone our muscles
Synonym: tone up strengthen
2. change to a color image
e.g. tone a photographic image
3. change the color or tone of
e.g. tone a negative
4. vary the pitch of one's speech
5. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
e.g. The students chanted the same slogan over and over again