n. 托恩〔姓氏〕。 n. 1.调子，音调；音色;音乐。 2.语调，语气；(报刊等的)论调。 3.格调，风格；风气，气氛，情调；常态；情况；行情；思想状态。 4.【音乐】乐音 (opp. noise)； 全音，全音程；【无线电】可听音；【医学】(正常的)健康状态；【语音】声调，语调；音的高低，抑扬；【绘画】色调，色泽，明暗。 短语和例子 a tone of command 命令的口气。 in an angry tone 用发怒的口气。 raise the tone of the school [army] 提高校风[军纪]。 the tone of a market 市场情况，市况。 He took a high tone. 他语气很傲慢。 recover tone 恢复健康。 the four tones (华语的)四声。 the oblique [deflected] tone 仄声。 the upper [lower, even] tone 上[下，平]声。 in a tone 一致。 vt. 抑扬顿挫地说，用一种声调说；装腔作势地说；加上调子，调整(乐器的)调子；柔和色调；【摄影】调色；使有…的风格。 vi. 具有某种色调；(颜色)调和 (with)。 a red hat with a coat to tone 红帽子和一件色调相配的外衣。 tone down 使柔和；变柔和。 tone (in) with (使)调和。 tone up 提高，加强；变强 (Exercise tones up the muscles. 运动能使肌肉发达)。
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" 同义词：shade, tint, tincture,
(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" 同义词：timbre, timber, quality,
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"
a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" 同义词：pure tone,
a musical interval of two semitones 同义词：whole tone, step, whole step,
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" 同义词：note, musical note,
the quality of a person''s voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" 同义词：tone of voice,
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" 同义词：spirit, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell,
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" 同义词：tonicity, tonus,
give a healthy elasticity to; "Let''s tone our muscles" 同义词：tone up, strengthen,
change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"
change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"
vary the pitch of one''s speech 同义词：inflect, modulate,
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" 同义词：chant, intone,
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例句与用法
1.
On the whole their tone was precise . 整个说来，他们的调子是明确的。
2.
The tone was neither aggressive nor conciliatory . 她的语调不卑不亢。
3.
Cordelia imitated his guttural tones . 科迪莉娅模仿了他那奇怪的腔调。
4.
What do you think of our family tone ? 你觉得我们的家庭气氛怎么样？
5.
The question was asked in a tone of surprise . 问问题的声调很是诧异。
6.
The style was hurried, the tone intemperate . 匆促的笔调，放纵的语气。
7.
That tone means that the number is engaged . 那种声音表示该号电话占线。
8.
Its tone has changed from decade to decade . 它的风气每隔十年就有变化。
9.
I exclaimed in rather a triumphant tone . 我叫着，简直是一种胜利的腔调。
10.
He explained in a low smooth tone . 他解释着，声音很低，很柔和。
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