tone

声音；音调

音质；音色

〈音〉音程

语气；口吻；语调

声调的抑扬

色调； 颜色的配合

色彩的层次；色彩明暗效果

风气；品质；特性

用某种调子说

（常与to连用）给…定调子，给…定音

（与with连用）调和色调

缓和；减轻；减弱

与…和谐；与…相配

tone

音调, 音质, 语调, 色调, 状况, 品质, 语气, 气氛

调和, 增强, 以特殊腔调说, 配合, 定音调

颜色调和

tone

1. the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"

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2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "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); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

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4. 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"

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5. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"

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6. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"

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7. a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies"

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8. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"

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9. a musical interval of two semitones

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10. 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"

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1. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again"

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2. of one's speech, varying the pitch

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3. change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"

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4. change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"

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5. give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"

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