Tone 音标拼音: [t'on]
n . 音调,音质,语调,语气,色调,气氛,状况,品质
vt . 调和,增强,以特殊腔调说
音调,音质,语调,语气,色调,气氛,状况,品质调和,增强,以特殊腔调说
tone 半色调
tone 音调
tone 按键式; 复频式
tone 音调 色调
tone n 1 :
the quality of a person '
s voice ; "
he began in a conversational tone "; "
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice "
[
synonym : {
tone }, {
tone of voice }]
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 "
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 " [
synonym : {
timbre }, {
timber }, {
quality },
{
tone }]
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 " [
synonym : {
spirit }, {
tone }, {
feel }, {
feeling },
{
flavor }, {
flavour }, {
look }, {
smell }]
5 :
a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color ; "
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted " [
synonym : {
shade }, {
tint }, {
tincture }, {
tone }]
6 :
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound ; "
the singer held the note too long " [
synonym : {
note },
{
musical note }, {
tone }]
7 :
a steady sound without overtones ; "
they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies " [
synonym : {
tone }, {
pure tone }]
8 :
the elastic tension of living muscles ,
arteries ,
etc .
that facilitate response to stimuli ; "
the doctor tested my tonicity " [
synonym : {
tonicity }, {
tonus }, {
tone }] [
ant :
{
amyotonia }, {
atonia }, {
atonicity }, {
atony }]
9 :
a musical interval of two semitones [
synonym : {
tone }, {
whole tone }, {
step }, {
whole step }]
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 "
v 1 :
utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically ; "
The students chanted the same slogan over and over again " [
synonym :
{
tone }, {
chant }, {
intone }]
2 :
vary the pitch of one '
s speech [
synonym : {
tone }, {
inflect },
{
modulate }]
3 :
change the color or tone of ; "
tone a negative "
4 :
change to a color image ; "
tone a photographic image "
5 :
give a healthy elasticity to ; "
Let '
s tone our muscles " [
synonym :
{
tone }, {
tone up }, {
strengthen }]
Tone \
Tone \ (
t [=
o ]
n ),
n . [
F .
ton ,
L .
tonus a sound ,
tone ,
fr .
Gr .
to `
nos a stretching ,
straining ,
raising of the voice ,
pitch ,
accent ,
measure or meter ,
in pl .,
modes or keys differing in pitch ;
akin to tei `
nein to stretch or strain .
See {
Thin },
and cf . {
Monotonous }, {
Thunder }, {
Ton }
fashion ,
{
Tune }.]
1 .
Sound ,
or the character of a sound ,
or a sound considered as of this or that character ;
as ,
a low ,
high ,
loud ,
grave ,
acute ,
sweet ,
or harsh tone .
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[
Harmony divine ]
smooths her charming tones .
--
Milton .
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Tones that with seraph hymns might blend . --
Keble .
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2 . (
Rhet .)
Accent ,
or inflection or modulation of the voice ,
as adapted to express emotion or passion .
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Eager his tone ,
and ardent were his eyes . --
Dryden .
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3 .
A whining style of speaking ;
a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice ;
an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice ;
as ,
children often read with a tone .
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4 . (
Mus .)
(
a )
A sound considered as to pitch ;
as ,
the seven tones of the octave ;
she has good high tones .
(
b )
The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale ,
the smaller being called a semitone as ,
a whole tone too flat ;
raise it a tone .
(
c )
The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument ;
as ,
a rich tone ,
a reedy tone .
(
d )
A mode or tune or plain chant ;
as ,
the Gregorian tones .
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Note :
The use of the word tone ,
both for a sound and for the interval between two sounds or tones ,
is confusing ,
but is common --
almost universal .
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Note :
Nearly every musical sound is composite ,
consisting of several simultaneous tones having different rates of vibration according to fixed laws ,
which depend upon the nature of the vibrating body and the mode of excitation .
The components (
of a composite sound )
are called partial tones ;
that one having the lowest rate of vibration is the fundamental tone ,
and the other partial tones are called harmonics ,
or overtones .
The vibration ratios of the partial tones composing any sound are expressed by all ,
or by a part ,
of the numbers in the series 1 ,
2 ,
3 ,
4 ,
5 ,
etc .;
and the quality of any sound (
the tone color )
is due in part to the presence or absence of overtones as represented in this series ,
and in part to the greater or less intensity of those present as compared with the fundamental tone and with one another .
Resultant tones ,
combination tones ,
summation tones ,
difference tones ,
Tartini '
s tones (
terms only in part synonymous )
are produced by the simultaneous sounding of two or more primary (
simple or composite )
tones .
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5 . (
Med .)
That state of a body ,
or of any of its organs or parts ,
in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor .
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Note :
In this sense ,
the word is metaphorically applied to character or faculties ,
intellectual and moral ;
as ,
his mind has lost its tone .
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6 . (
Physiol .)
Tonicity ;
as ,
arterial tone .
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7 .
State of mind ;
temper ;
mood .
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The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs , . . .
drag the mind down .
. .
from a philosophical tone or temper ,
to the drudgery of private and public business .
--
Bolingbroke .
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Their tone was dissatisfied ,
almost menacing . --
W .
C .
Bryant .
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8 .
Tenor ;
character ;
spirit ;
drift ;
as ,
the tone of his remarks was commendatory .
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9 .
General or prevailing character or style ,
as of morals ,
manners ,
or sentiment ,
in reference to a scale of high and low ;
as ,
a low tone of morals ;
a tone of elevated sentiment ;
a courtly tone of manners .
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10 .
The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade ,
together with color in the case of a painting ; --
commonly used in a favorable sense ;
as ,
this picture has tone .
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11 . (
Physiol .)
Quality ,
with respect to attendant feeling ;
the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state ;
as ,
feeling tone ;
color tone .
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12 .
Color quality proper ; --
called also {
hue }.
Also ,
a gradation of color ,
either a hue ,
or a tint or shade .
She was dressed in a soft cloth of a gray tone .
--
Sir G .
Parker .
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13 . (
Plant Physiol .)
The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light ,
heat ,
and moisture .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Tone color }. (
Mus .)
see the Note under def .
4 ,
above .
{
Tone syllable },
an accented syllable . --
M .
Stuart .
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Tone \
Tone \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Toned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Toning }.]
1 .
To utter with an affected tone .
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2 .
To give tone ,
or a particular tone ,
to ;
to tune .
See {
Tune },
v .
t .
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3 . (
Photog .)
To bring ,
as a print ,
to a certain required shade of color ,
as by chemical treatment .
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{
To tone down }.
(
a )
To cause to give lower tone or sound ;
to give a lower tone to .
(
b ) (
Paint .)
To modify ,
as color ,
by making it less brilliant or less crude ;
to modify ,
as a composition of color ,
by making it more harmonius .
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Its thousand hues toned down harmoniusly . --
C .
Kingsley .
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(
c )
Fig .:
To moderate or relax ;
to diminish or weaken the striking characteristics of ;
to soften .
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The best method for the purpose in hand was to employ some one of a character and position suited to get possession of their confidence ,
and then use it to tone down their religious strictures . --
Palfrey .
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{
To tone up },
to cause to give a higher tone or sound ;
to give a higher tone to ;
to make more intense ;
to heighten ;
to strengthen .
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488 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tone ":
French pitch ,
Munsell chroma ,
Zeitgeist ,
accent ,
accidental ,
achromatism ,
action ,
actions ,
activity ,
acts ,
adaptability ,
address ,
affect ,
affectation ,
air ,
algorithm ,
anagnorisis ,
angle ,
apply paint ,
approach ,
architectonics ,
architecture ,
argument ,
arrangement ,
aspect ,
atmosphere ,
attack ,
attitude ,
audio frequency ,
aura ,
background ,
balance ,
bearing ,
bedaub ,
bedizen ,
beef ,
beefiness ,
begild ,
behavior ,
behavior pattern ,
behavioral norm ,
behavioral science ,
bend ,
besmear ,
bias ,
blend ,
body -
build ,
bounce ,
bounciness ,
brand ,
brawn ,
brawniness ,
breve ,
brighten up ,
brightness ,
brush on paint ,
brushwork ,
buoyance ,
buoyancy ,
calcimine ,
carriage ,
cast ,
catastrophe ,
character ,
characteristic ,
characteristics ,
characterization ,
chroma ,
chromatic color ,
chromaticity ,
chromatism ,
chromism ,
classical pitch ,
climate ,
coat ,
color ,
color balance ,
color harmony ,
color quality ,
color scheme ,
coloration ,
colorimetric quality ,
coloring ,
complexion ,
complication ,
comportment ,
composition ,
conduct ,
consecutive intervals ,
constituents ,
constitution ,
continuity ,
contrivance ,
cool color ,
course ,
cover ,
crasis ,
crotchet ,
cue ,
culture pattern ,
current ,
custom ,
dab ,
dampen ,
daub ,
decorator color ,
deep -
dye ,
degree ,
demeanor ,
demisemiquaver ,
denouement ,
deportment ,
depth ,
design ,
development ,
device ,
dharma ,
diapason ,
diatessaron ,
diathesis ,
diatonic interval ,
diatonic semitone ,
dip ,
direction ,
dispose ,
disposition ,
distemper ,
doing ,
doings ,
dominant ,
dominant note ,
double whole note ,
double -
dye ,
draftsmanship ,
drift ,
dulcetness ,
dull ,
dye ,
eighth note ,
elasticity ,
emblazon ,
emphasis ,
enamel ,
engild ,
enharmonic ,
enharmonic diesis ,
enharmonic interval ,
enharmonic note ,
episode ,
ethos ,
extensibility ,
fable ,
face ,
falling action ,
fashion ,
fast -
dye ,
feel ,
feeling ,
fiber ,
fifth ,
flat ,
flexibility ,
folkway ,
force ,
form ,
fourth ,
frame ,
frame of mind ,
frequency ,
fresco ,
freshen up ,
fullness ,
fundamental ,
fundamental tone ,
genius ,
gestures ,
gild ,
gimmick ,
give ,
glacial movement ,
glaze ,
gloss ,
goings -
on ,
grain ,
grouping ,
guise ,
habit ,
half note ,
half step ,
halftone ,
harmonic ,
heart ,
heftiness ,
height ,
hemidemisemiquaver ,
high pitch ,
hue ,
humor ,
humors ,
huskiness ,
ilk ,
illuminate ,
imbue ,
incident ,
incline ,
induce ,
inflection ,
influence ,
ingrain ,
interval ,
intonation ,
intonation pattern ,
involuntary muscle ,
japan ,
key ,
kind ,
lacquer ,
lay on color ,
lead ,
less semitone ,
lightness ,
limber up ,
line ,
line of action ,
lines ,
liveliness ,
local color ,
low pitch ,
main current ,
mainstream ,
maintien ,
makeup ,
manner ,
manner of speaking ,
manner of working ,
manners ,
means ,
mellifluence ,
mellifluousness ,
melodic interval ,
melodiousness ,
melody ,
method ,
methodology ,
methods ,
mien ,
milieu ,
mind ,
minim ,
mode ,
mode of expression ,
mode of operation ,
mode of procedure ,
moderate ,
modify ,
modulate ,
modulation ,
modus operandi ,
modus vivendi ,
mold ,
monotone ,
monotony ,
mood ,
morale ,
motif ,
motion ,
motions ,
move ,
movement ,
movements ,
moves ,
muscle ,
muscularity ,
musculature ,
musical note ,
musical quality ,
musical sound ,
musicality ,
mute ,
mythos ,
natural ,
natural color ,
nature ,
neutral color ,
new philharmonic pitch ,
note ,
observable behavior ,
octave ,
order ,
overtone ,
paint ,
painterliness ,
pallor ,
parallel octaves ,
parget ,
partial ,
partial tone ,
patent note ,
pattern ,
peripeteia ,
perspective ,
persuade ,
philharmonic pitch ,
philosophical pitch ,
phrasing ,
physique ,
pigment ,
pitch ,
pitch accent ,
plan ,
plot ,
poise ,
port ,
pose ,
posture ,
practice ,
praxis ,
predispose ,
presence ,
prime ,
procedure ,
proceeding ,
process ,
prompt ,
property ,
purity ,
quality ,
quarter note ,
quaver ,
quieten ,
rebound ,
recognition ,
reduce ,
register ,
reinvigorate ,
report ,
resilience ,
resiliency ,
resonance ,
responding note ,
responsiveness ,
revitalize ,
richness ,
rising action ,
routine ,
run ,
saturation ,
scheme ,
second ,
secondary plot ,
semibreve ,
semiquaver ,
semitone ,
sense ,
set ,
seventh ,
shade ,
shading ,
shadow ,
shape ,
shaped note ,
sharp ,
shellac ,
sinew ,
sinewiness ,
sinews ,
sixteenth note ,
sixth ,
sixty -
fourth note ,
skin color ,
slant ,
slop on paint ,
smear ,
snap ,
social science ,
soft -
pedal ,
soften ,
soften up ,
somatotype ,
sonority ,
sonorousness ,
sort ,
sound ,
speech tune ,
spiccato ,
spirit ,
spirits ,
spring ,
springiness ,
staccato ,
stain ,
stamp ,
standard pitch ,
state of mind ,
step ,
stipple ,
story ,
streak ,
stream ,
stress ,
stretch ,
stretchability ,
stretchiness ,
stripe ,
structure ,
style ,
subdue ,
subject ,
subplot ,
suchness ,
suprasegmental ,
sustained note ,
sway ,
sweetness ,
swing ,
switch ,
system ,
tack ,
tactics ,
technique ,
temper ,
temperament ,
tendency ,
tenor ,
tercet ,
the drill ,
the general tendency ,
the how ,
the main course ,
the way of ,
thematic development ,
theme ,
thew ,
thewiness ,
thews ,
third ,
thirty -
second note ,
timbre ,
time spirit ,
tinct ,
tincture ,
tinge ,
tint ,
tonality ,
tone color ,
tone down ,
tone of voice ,
tone quality ,
tone up ,
tonelessness ,
tonicity ,
tonus ,
topic ,
treatment ,
trend ,
triplet ,
tune ,
tune up ,
tunefulness ,
turn ,
twist ,
type ,
undercoat ,
undercolor ,
undertone ,
unison interval ,
value ,
values ,
varnish ,
vein ,
voce ,
voice ,
voice qualifier ,
voice quality ,
voluntary muscle ,
warm color ,
wash ,
way ,
way of life ,
way of saying ,
ways ,
wear down ,
weigh with ,
whitewash ,
whole note ,
whole step ,
wise ,
work
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