tone-deaf

Word family adjectivetonedtonelesstoneytone-deafadverbtonelesslynountonelessnesstonertoningtone languagetonepadtone poemtone

Related topics: Music

ˌtone-ˈdeaf adjectiveadj

APMunable to hear the difference between different musical notes 不会辨别音调的，五音不全的

Examples from the Corpus

tone-deaf• Henry wasn't really very musical but Ivy Hooper was tone-deaf.• Years before, at Abbotsfield, Kate had told Peter that her father was tone-deaf.• Those damn dirges are still running around my brain, like a tone-deaf rat with a megaphone is trapped inside my head.

单词	tone-deaf
释义	tone-deaf Word family adjectivetonedtonelesstoneytone-deafadverbtonelesslynountonelessnesstonertoningtone languagetonepadtone poemtone Related topics: Music ˌtone-ˈdeaf adjectiveadj APMunable to hear the difference between different musical notes 不会辨别音调的，五音不全的 Examples from the Corpus tone-deaf• Henry wasn't really very musical but Ivy Hooper was tone-deaf.• Years before, at Abbotsfield, Kate had told Peter that her father was tone-deaf.• Those damn dirges are still running around my brain, like a tone-deaf rat with a megaphone is trapped inside my head.
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