Definition of tune in English:

tune

noun tjuːnt(j)un

1A melody, especially one which characterizes a certain piece of music.
曲调，曲子，旋律
she left the theatre humming a cheerful tune
她哼着欢快的曲子离开了剧院。
Example sentencesExamples
- This one abounds with marvelous music, and familiar tunes brought to life by mostly classically-trained voices.
- His tunes for the melodious music of Baiju Bawra and Mother India still hold listeners spellbound.
- She was singing a little song that she had made up from the tune of the music box her mother had given her.
- Ella and I danced of course, to both upbeat, lively tunes and slow melodies.
- Full of sparking little tunes, these pieces are huge fun and they contribute greatly to the magical sound world of this disc.
- Jayachandran dismisses the allegation that some of the music composers lift the tune from old songs.
- He was singing softly at the tune of the melody too.
- Today, the folks sway to the tunes of Hindustani classical music.
- The characters walked around the place shaking hands and interacting with kids as they gently danced with them to the tunes at the background music.
- The poem is set to the music of the British tune, To Anacreon in Heaven.
- She begins to hum the tune of the music, weeping, as the Artist strides away.
- For the fanfares and songs, the music director used tunes from Byrd's Battle and other programmatic courtly pieces.
- Schuman's scoring cannot change the music or the basic tune.
- If I had to suggest a downside to the Patio, it would have to be the choice of tunes masquerading as background music.
- They performed a variety of music from simple tunes to Beethoven and from classical to jazz.
- The music was some catchy tunes by Richard Rodgers that my friend and I were humming incessantly!
- Those interested need not worry about knowing the tunes as sheet music will be provided on the night.
- After churning out some of Bollywood's most melodious tunes, music directors and partners Jatin-Lalit are all set to go.
- I started to hum a tune along with the music I was playing.
- Their programme will include Irish tunes and slow airs, some Scottish tunes and Yiddish folk music!
Synonyms
melody, air, strain
song, number, jingle, ditty
theme, motif
1. 1.1informal A piece of popular music.
  DJ Samantha provided the tunes
  their 1995 hit has been resurrected into a modern-day classic dance tune
  Example sentencesExamples
  I try to warm up the car by cranking the tunes.
  There were a bunch of losers there, but they were cranking some pretty good tunes, so I thought, I can hang for a while.
  The DJ played some funky tunes, and I had a great night.
  At least they're not blasting their tunes in the car loud enough to bother those around them.
  The smooth, hour-long journey along the highway with tunes blaring was exhilarating but strangely relaxing.
  While hanging in the barn, don't forget to spin some country tunes.
  They played my favorite tune.
  The dance floor spins pop tunes for the masses.
  Instead of driving down Main Street on a Friday night blasting the latest tunes with friends, these kids stay busy in neon-lit arcades and shops.
  The club will have a band playing your favourite tunes, mouth-watering food, and fantasy cocktails.

verb tjuːnt(j)un

[with object]

1Adjust (a musical instrument) to the correct or uniform pitch.
给（乐器）调音，定调
he tuned the harp for me
他替我的竖琴调音。
no object we could hear the band tuning up
Example sentencesExamples
- The club was a cacophony of down tuned guitars, slap bass and the drummer's double kick.
- It will take money to tune the pianos, but that is far less than what it would cost to purchase a new piano.
- One of them was tuning a bass guitar, listening to the laughter around him.
- Virginia was tuning her guitar to the keyboard at which Susan had seated herself.
- Now this isn't the only way to tune musical instruments.
- He tuned the piano for us the first day he arrived-he had perfect pitch.
- I did have one of those moments in the violin concerto when I wondered whether the violin was tuned sharp, or whether it was written that way, or whether I was being Ms Cloth Ears.
- She has as much chance of fixing it as a gorilla has of tuning a violin.
- Frank and Joseph were tuning their respective guitars, while Alistair was fiddling with a screw on his drum set.
- Advertisements for a piano tuning school pictured a woman tuning an upright piano.
- Viggo was completely engrossed with tuning his guitar.
- No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines.
- Who would expect a Swiss army knife to be capable of tuning a piano?
- She stood and tuned her violin for a few moments, and then opened the music to the Tchaikovsky concerto.
- Finally a string broke with a noise that sounded like a badly tuned guitar.
- I never could decide if he tuned the guitars a half-step lower to get that sound, or if my turntable was set too fast.
- Keiko stared at the doorway as Kakeru tuned his new violin.
- The MC's announcement and the sound of Rory tuning his guitar before the opening song, ‘Cradle Rock’, gives an atmospheric intro to the album.
- When I got there, Tyler was sitting behind the drums, Nick was tuning his guitar, and Josh was pulling double duty with the bass and singing.
- Pretty soon, the group are providing a perfectly rhythmic and tuned percussion backing.
Synonyms
adjust (to the correct pitch), tune up
2Adjust (a receiver circuit such as a radio or television) to the frequency of the required signal.
调谐；调整（收音机，电视等的）频率
the radio was tuned to the BBC
收音机被调到BBC台。
Example sentencesExamples
- My first memories of listening to the John Peel show was in bed, under the covers, with my little transistor radio tuned to BBC Radio 1 in 1977.
- My radio was tuned to NPR, my primary source of news since I didn't have a TV at the time.
- All the televisions were tuned to the Weather Channel and workers buttressed the hotel's smoked-glass windows with sheets of plywood.
- My car radio was constantly tuned to 96 Rock in those days.
- I was still tuned to Radio Scotland as I drove along the M9.
- She kept a small transistor radio tuned to a lite-rock station, the only sound besides the humming of the drink cases.
- Anywhere in the crowd it was possible to tune a transistor radio to a translation in the language of your choice.
- A receiver tuned to this frequency is used to track the path of the line.
- The radio is tuned to KOTR, known Locally as the Otter.
- The radio was already tuned to WABC, the dial set there on my ride home from work where Sean Hannity usually keeps me entertained.
- He hears a beep from his radio, which is tuned to the LAPD band.
- My car radio is permanently tuned to Heart 106.2 and Magic.
- Some radio telescopes can be tuned to this frequency, but some simply can't.
- This Radio is tuned to ‘inspirational’ easy listening and that's all we get.
- Each output port includes optical receivers which are tuned to the same fixed wavelength which is specific to the output port.
- The radio had been tuned to some sort of country station that I had never heard of before.
- Inside mission control a television is tuned to a public celebration.
- Investigators found the radio tuned to the wrong VOR frequency.
- One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker.
- All we could here was the radio which was tuned to 99.9.
1. 2.1tune inno object Watch or listen to a television or radio broadcast.
  看电视；听广播
  tune in next week and find out!
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the days before the widespread use of video, millions tuned in to watch.
  Some 14 million viewers tuned in to watch the final.
  My brother is a priest in Zimbabwe and we would be interested to know how both he and I can tune in to the broadcasts.
  Many hundreds of millions of people around the planet are expected to tune in to watch the announcement.
  There is another television, tuned in to the showjumping at Hickstead.
  Listeners are also tuning in to Radio Lincolnshire for around 13.5 hours each week.
  Millions of television viewers tuned in as the couple exchanged their vows live on GMTV on September 3.
  Listeners can also tune in to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire who will broadcast from many of the buildings on the day.
  Louise ruefully confessed she rarely tunes in to watch television these days.
  Listeners to BBC Radio Lincolnshire are tuning in for 17 hours and 30 minutes each week.
  You and I have our own tastes in music, and we tune in to whatever radio station suits us.
  First of all this week, I want to apologise on behalf of T4 for those of you who tuned in to watch Pop Beach Party last Sunday.
  Amir's father Shah was astonished to hear millions of people back home had tuned in to watch his son fight.
  About 7.9 million people tuned in to watch the boat race last year.
  Millions of fans will be tuning in to watch the match on television.
  Every Sunday, millions tune in to watch the instalment of what is essentially a novel take on reality TV.
  I tuned in just to watch the top ten count down,.
  With the introduction of a new Asian family in Eastenders I decided to tune in and watch what the new clan had to offer.
  Those on the Celtic bus tuned in to listen to Rangers playing Aberdeen.
  Many old-timers remember the romance of tuning in to the radio shows.
2. 2.2tune something out Exclude a sound or transmission of a particular frequency.
  滤波
  certain tones would be muted or tuned out entirely
  Example sentencesExamples
  Brooke tuned their conversation out, her thoughts focusing on Duncan.
  But ordinary people might tune politics out, so they just can't resist prodding and stimulating us with those symbolic things.
  There's such an overload of environmental messages that people are tuning it out.
  ‘People have become so habituated to the seat belt warning, they just sort of tune it out,’ explains Howell.
  I found the music to be very inspiring but after a while, I just tuned it out as I'd heard it so much before.
  Brooke tuned the voice out at that point.
  If I didn't like something, I simply tuned it out.
  Wes tuned it out, he had not stopped crying since he ended his eulogy.
  She began to yell at Ryan for some trivial thing, and he tuned it out as he held his daughter on his lap.
  I tuned it out and turned back to Eva, who was looking impatiently at her watch.
3Adjust (an engine) or balance (mechanical parts) so that a vehicle runs smoothly and efficiently.
调节（引擎）或平衡（机械部件）（以使车辆平稳高效运行）
the suspension was tuned for a softer ride
Example sentencesExamples
- The suspension is tuned for a balance between comfort and handling and is OK by me for everyday motoring.
- The engines we were using were tuned for reliability, not speed.
- No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines.
- This gives people the chance to slow down to hear how beautifully your cousin Alberto has tuned your engine.
- GM's High Performance Vehicle Operations tuned the suspension and upgraded the brakes of the SS.
- The sound of a well tuned engine was heard by all.
- If you show me a dad who thinks he's a great car mechanic, I will show you a badly tuned engine.
- Only a perfectly tuned engine can turn in the fuel consumption figures ratified for a vehicle by the Government.
- Before tuning the engine, you must use a fuel injector additive to improve injection.
- It is nowhere near as big and threatening as top-end SUVs and, thanks to suspension tuned for tarmac rather than mud, rides quite well on the road.
- The fully independent suspension has been tuned with performance in mind.
- The suspension has been specifically tuned with emphasis on ride comfort.
- The diesel mechanics had worked indoors prior to 1988, during which time diesel engines were run indoors during servicing and tuning.
- What a difference in performance when your body, like your vehicle, is finely tuned and ‘adjusted’.
- The company's acoustic boffins tuned the engine to introduce a throatier sounding note, so the all enveloping deep bass throb rising to spine tingling wail exists.
- I had spent months, when I was younger, tuning that engine.
- Clark says any poorly tuned engine can pollute.
- Schumacher still loves race karts and he can sometimes still be found at the track tuning the engines, mucking in.
- The instructions for tuning the motor seem to be off a different car entirely.
- The body is considerably more rigid which enhances safety and suspension tuning.
4Adjust or adapt (something) to a particular purpose or situation.
〈喻〉调整…以适应
the animals are finely tuned to life in the desert
这些动物被调整得很适应沙漠生活。
Example sentencesExamples
- Bone is a structure finely tuned to its mechanical environment.
- Our own internal pacemaker tunes our mental and physical energy levels more or less to the cycles of sunlight.
Synonyms
attune, adapt, adjust, fine-tune
regulate, modulate, calibrate
5South African informal with two objects Tell (something) to (someone)
〈南非，非正式〉告诉
he starts tuning you stories about his youth
他开始告诉你他年轻时的故事。

Phrases

in (or out of) tune

1With correct (or incorrect) pitch or intonation.
合（或不合）调
they couldn't sing a note in tune
Example sentencesExamples
- Her voice melodic and in tune, she sang it softly.
- Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself.
- Worshippers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound.
- Each forthcoming note must be heard as a complete entity, in tune, with all musical parameters in place.
- Central is a grand piano which was apparently always out of tune in Tchaikovsky's day.
- These discs have a refreshingly homemade quality that is in tune with the music that they contain; they are professional but hardly slick.
- How can you tell when a violist is playing out of tune?
- Petts Wood Methodist Men's Group is getting in tune for a sing song.
- The out of tune orchestra Elgar leads is so painfully unaware of their playing that this is an extremely unpleasant recording.
- Its musicians are in tune with Morricone's music.
1. 1.1(of a motor engine or other machine) properly (or poorly) adjusted.
  （引擎，其他机器）调适好（或未调适好）的
  Example sentencesExamples
  Keeping your engine in tune is also a gas-saver.
  Did you know that by keeping your car's engine in tune you would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5-15%?
  Exploiting the carburetor's consistency achieves little if the engine is out of tune.
  The downsides were a serious thirst for fuel when one put the foot down and the twin choke Dellorto carburettors being difficult to keep in tune.
  When your car's engine is badly worn or out of tune, the tailpipe emissions of such noxious by-products as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter are greatly increased.
2. 1.2In (or not in) agreement or harmony.
  〈喻〉（不）赞同，（不）和谐
  he was out of tune with conventional belief
  他与传统信仰格格不入。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The urban radio stations talking about ‘peace in the streets ‘are out of tune with reality.’
  You know, John says that he is out of tune with the American people.
  Soccer's most famous musicians, who bang the drums at Sheffield Wednesday games, stand accused of being out of tune with their own supporters.
  ‘It is clearly discriminatory and clearly out of tune with the times,’ he said.
  Martin Dunne: ‘Central policy makers are totally out of tune with the views of the people around the country.’
  It just seemed to us that the politicians - all of them, in all the different parties - are out of tune with how ordinary people feel about this.
  An attitude of arrogance and the kind of insufferable self-confidence of that Cardinal is very much out of tune with the Church and its mission.
  We have laws in place which are clearly out of tune with the views of the majority of the population.
  But isn't it a little out of tune with the campaign Dean's been running?
  The mass signing is intended to show the Executive that it is out of tune with ‘ordinary Scots’ right across the country.
  Synonyms
  in accord, in keeping, in accordance, in agreement, in harmony, harmonious, in step, in line, in sympathy
  in disagreement, at odds, at variance, out of step, not in harmony, at outs, out of kilter

there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle

proverb Someone's abilities do not depend on their being young.
〈谚〉旧琴拉佳曲（指一个人的能力并不取决于他的年轻）
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, I know there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle and all that, but not if the strings are that slack.

to the tune of

informal Amounting to or involving (a specified considerable sum)
〈非正式〉达到…之多；共计
he was in debt to the tune of forty thousand pounds
他欠了高达四万英镑的债。
Example sentencesExamples
- The other main area of overspending is children's disability services, to the tune of 250,000.
- Last week the news broke that even chewing gum was to be taxed to the tune of 15 cent a packet.
- In his view, the the private sector will benefit to the tune of 600 million leva.
- This means the state is defrauded nationally to the tune of £2 billion each year.
- That means she has been compensated to the tune of €83,000 for each of the months she was in charge.
- The move is expected to boost the state coffers to the tune of £33.6 million next year.
- Three businesses in South Lakeland have received grants to the tune of £3,000.
- Thompson has had to pay some in advance, a commitment that has set him back to the tune of nearly £30,000.
- During the first two months of the financial year the trust has already overspent to the tune of £208,000.
- The report also shows the Cathedral is in the black to the tune of £113,000.

Phrasal Verbs

be tuned in

Be sensitive to or able to understand something.
〈非正式〉意识到；对…敏感；能理解
it's important to be tuned in to your child's needs
理解你孩子的需要是重要的。
Example sentencesExamples
- She is tuned in to a powerful domain of secrets and souls that just might trump the logic of the material world.
- If the new carer is tuned in to your child's needs, your child should settle quickly into a new routine.
- In true Mediterranean spirit, the production is tuned in to the vibrancy of life itself.
- The cable industry is tuned in to the complaints about indecency.
- It is a politics of listening, responding, engaging, trading; of being tuned in with others.

tune into

Become sensitive to.
〈喻〉对…敏感
you must tune into the needs of loved ones
你必须敏感领悟你所爱之人的需求。

tune out

Stop listening or paying attention.
〈非正式〉停止收听；不再注意
if you're in a boring lecture you can tune out
Example sentencesExamples
- They start tuning out and completely miss the message.
- Natalie tuned out the lecture and took to watching her teacher warily.
- The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting.
- The problem is that it's just this kind of attitude that makes it less likely your grades will improve; by tuning out, you'll only make it more likely that you won't do as well as you should next time.
- This was what classes were to be like, how teachers should be like; not bad to look at, easy to listen to, and easier to tune out from.
- This was a year where advertisers were very worried about the death of the 30-second spot because people were tuning out of television.
- Maybe we were loud, I tended to tune out whatever background noise was going on and just listen to the people.
- University campuses have become so cartoonishly left-wing that many students are essentially just tuning out their professors.
- She tuned out their conversation and paid attention to the food in front of her.
- Prudence tried to tune out their angry voices, instead listening to the sound of her own heartbeat.

Derivatives

tunable

adjective ˈtjuːnəb(ə)lˈt(j)unəb(ə)l

Most scientists strongly distrust large-scale numerical models which rely heavily on tuneable parameters and other artificial constraints to keep them from going haywire.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a number of expensive tunable radios begin to pop up in specialty electronics catalogs.
- The model demonstrated that this motif can generate a bistable switch with tunable control over the switching threshold and the degree of population heterogeneity.
- Such a tunable oscillator could be used as a detector in a radio-frequency device such as a cellular phone.
- The slumping telecom industry wasn't producing a high demand for tunable lasers.
- People are interested in tunable anything.
- Each of the ground harps has 22 tunable pairs of strings organised in a pentatonic scale, rather like the tuning of a lute.
- The tumor area was irradiated with light from the argon-ion laser-pumped tunable dye laser.
- With improved performance over static lenses, tunable optics will offer an increasingly viable solution to engineering problems.
- Solid-state lasers such as alexandrite and titanium-doped sapphire are widely tunable between 1.1 and 1.6 m.
- The goal is to have a device that's tunable in two bands or more at $1, 000.

Origin

Late Middle English: unexplained alteration of tone. The verb is first recorded (late 15th century) in the sense 'celebrate in music, sing'.

Rhymes

afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon

Definition of tune in US English:

tune

nount(y)o͞ont(j)un

1A melody, especially one which characterizes a certain piece of music.
曲调，曲子，旋律
she left the theater humming a cheerful tune
她哼着欢快的曲子离开了剧院。
Example sentencesExamples
- His tunes for the melodious music of Baiju Bawra and Mother India still hold listeners spellbound.
- Jayachandran dismisses the allegation that some of the music composers lift the tune from old songs.
- The characters walked around the place shaking hands and interacting with kids as they gently danced with them to the tunes at the background music.
- Their programme will include Irish tunes and slow airs, some Scottish tunes and Yiddish folk music!
- For the fanfares and songs, the music director used tunes from Byrd's Battle and other programmatic courtly pieces.
- Today, the folks sway to the tunes of Hindustani classical music.
- He was singing softly at the tune of the melody too.
- Full of sparking little tunes, these pieces are huge fun and they contribute greatly to the magical sound world of this disc.
- Those interested need not worry about knowing the tunes as sheet music will be provided on the night.
- This one abounds with marvelous music, and familiar tunes brought to life by mostly classically-trained voices.
- After churning out some of Bollywood's most melodious tunes, music directors and partners Jatin-Lalit are all set to go.
- Schuman's scoring cannot change the music or the basic tune.
- She begins to hum the tune of the music, weeping, as the Artist strides away.
- She was singing a little song that she had made up from the tune of the music box her mother had given her.
- I started to hum a tune along with the music I was playing.
- The poem is set to the music of the British tune, To Anacreon in Heaven.
- If I had to suggest a downside to the Patio, it would have to be the choice of tunes masquerading as background music.
- The music was some catchy tunes by Richard Rodgers that my friend and I were humming incessantly!
- Ella and I danced of course, to both upbeat, lively tunes and slow melodies.
- They performed a variety of music from simple tunes to Beethoven and from classical to jazz.
Synonyms
melody, air, strain
1. 1.1informal A piece of popular music.
  DJ Samantha provided the tunes
  their 1995 hit has been resurrected into a modern-day classic dance tune
  Example sentencesExamples
  There were a bunch of losers there, but they were cranking some pretty good tunes, so I thought, I can hang for a while.
  They played my favorite tune.
  The dance floor spins pop tunes for the masses.
  I try to warm up the car by cranking the tunes.
  At least they're not blasting their tunes in the car loud enough to bother those around them.
  While hanging in the barn, don't forget to spin some country tunes.
  Instead of driving down Main Street on a Friday night blasting the latest tunes with friends, these kids stay busy in neon-lit arcades and shops.
  The DJ played some funky tunes, and I had a great night.
  The smooth, hour-long journey along the highway with tunes blaring was exhilarating but strangely relaxing.
  The club will have a band playing your favourite tunes, mouth-watering food, and fantasy cocktails.

verbt(y)o͞ont(j)un

[with object]

1Adjust (a musical instrument) to the correct or uniform pitch.
给（乐器）调音，定调
he tuned the harp for me
他替我的竖琴调音。
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally a string broke with a noise that sounded like a badly tuned guitar.
- It will take money to tune the pianos, but that is far less than what it would cost to purchase a new piano.
- I never could decide if he tuned the guitars a half-step lower to get that sound, or if my turntable was set too fast.
- Keiko stared at the doorway as Kakeru tuned his new violin.
- The club was a cacophony of down tuned guitars, slap bass and the drummer's double kick.
- Advertisements for a piano tuning school pictured a woman tuning an upright piano.
- I did have one of those moments in the violin concerto when I wondered whether the violin was tuned sharp, or whether it was written that way, or whether I was being Ms Cloth Ears.
- Frank and Joseph were tuning their respective guitars, while Alistair was fiddling with a screw on his drum set.
- Who would expect a Swiss army knife to be capable of tuning a piano?
- Viggo was completely engrossed with tuning his guitar.
- Now this isn't the only way to tune musical instruments.
- When I got there, Tyler was sitting behind the drums, Nick was tuning his guitar, and Josh was pulling double duty with the bass and singing.
- She has as much chance of fixing it as a gorilla has of tuning a violin.
- He tuned the piano for us the first day he arrived-he had perfect pitch.
- One of them was tuning a bass guitar, listening to the laughter around him.
- She stood and tuned her violin for a few moments, and then opened the music to the Tchaikovsky concerto.
- Pretty soon, the group are providing a perfectly rhythmic and tuned percussion backing.
- Virginia was tuning her guitar to the keyboard at which Susan had seated herself.
- No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines.
- The MC's announcement and the sound of Rory tuning his guitar before the opening song, ‘Cradle Rock’, gives an atmospheric intro to the album.
Synonyms
adjust, adjust to the correct pitch, tune up
2Adjust (a receiver circuit such as a radio or television) to the frequency of the required signal.
调谐；调整（收音机，电视等的）频率
the radio was tuned to the CBC
收音机被调到BBC台。
no object they tuned in to watch the game
他们调台观看板球比赛。
Example sentencesExamples
- One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker.
- The radio was already tuned to WABC, the dial set there on my ride home from work where Sean Hannity usually keeps me entertained.
- Some radio telescopes can be tuned to this frequency, but some simply can't.
- My first memories of listening to the John Peel show was in bed, under the covers, with my little transistor radio tuned to BBC Radio 1 in 1977.
- My car radio was constantly tuned to 96 Rock in those days.
- Inside mission control a television is tuned to a public celebration.
- He hears a beep from his radio, which is tuned to the LAPD band.
- The radio had been tuned to some sort of country station that I had never heard of before.
- Each output port includes optical receivers which are tuned to the same fixed wavelength which is specific to the output port.
- She kept a small transistor radio tuned to a lite-rock station, the only sound besides the humming of the drink cases.
- I was still tuned to Radio Scotland as I drove along the M9.
- My radio was tuned to NPR, my primary source of news since I didn't have a TV at the time.
- This Radio is tuned to ‘inspirational’ easy listening and that's all we get.
- All the televisions were tuned to the Weather Channel and workers buttressed the hotel's smoked-glass windows with sheets of plywood.
- All we could here was the radio which was tuned to 99.9.
- My car radio is permanently tuned to Heart 106.2 and Magic.
- Investigators found the radio tuned to the wrong VOR frequency.
- The radio is tuned to KOTR, known Locally as the Otter.
- A receiver tuned to this frequency is used to track the path of the line.
- Anywhere in the crowd it was possible to tune a transistor radio to a translation in the language of your choice.
3often tune upAdjust (an engine) or balance (mechanical parts) so that a vehicle runs smoothly and efficiently.
调节（引擎）或平衡（机械部件）（以使车辆平稳高效运行）
the suspension was tuned for a softer ride
figurative state officials have been tuning up an emergency plan
Example sentencesExamples
- The suspension has been specifically tuned with emphasis on ride comfort.
- The instructions for tuning the motor seem to be off a different car entirely.
- The engines we were using were tuned for reliability, not speed.
- Schumacher still loves race karts and he can sometimes still be found at the track tuning the engines, mucking in.
- If you show me a dad who thinks he's a great car mechanic, I will show you a badly tuned engine.
- Only a perfectly tuned engine can turn in the fuel consumption figures ratified for a vehicle by the Government.
- What a difference in performance when your body, like your vehicle, is finely tuned and ‘adjusted’.
- The diesel mechanics had worked indoors prior to 1988, during which time diesel engines were run indoors during servicing and tuning.
- I had spent months, when I was younger, tuning that engine.
- No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines.
- Clark says any poorly tuned engine can pollute.
- Before tuning the engine, you must use a fuel injector additive to improve injection.
- The sound of a well tuned engine was heard by all.
- The body is considerably more rigid which enhances safety and suspension tuning.
- This gives people the chance to slow down to hear how beautifully your cousin Alberto has tuned your engine.
- The fully independent suspension has been tuned with performance in mind.
- The suspension is tuned for a balance between comfort and handling and is OK by me for everyday motoring.
- It is nowhere near as big and threatening as top-end SUVs and, thanks to suspension tuned for tarmac rather than mud, rides quite well on the road.
- The company's acoustic boffins tuned the engine to introduce a throatier sounding note, so the all enveloping deep bass throb rising to spine tingling wail exists.
- GM's High Performance Vehicle Operations tuned the suspension and upgraded the brakes of the SS.
4Adjust or adapt (something) to a particular purpose or situation.
〈喻〉调整…以适应
the animals are finely tuned to life in the desert
这些动物被调整得很适应沙漠生活。
Example sentencesExamples
- Our own internal pacemaker tunes our mental and physical energy levels more or less to the cycles of sunlight.
- Bone is a structure finely tuned to its mechanical environment.
Synonyms
attune, adapt, adjust, fine-tune

Phrases

in (or out of) tune

1With correct (or incorrect) pitch or intonation.
合（或不合）调
Example sentencesExamples
- Worshippers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound.
- Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself.
- Central is a grand piano which was apparently always out of tune in Tchaikovsky's day.
- Petts Wood Methodist Men's Group is getting in tune for a sing song.
- These discs have a refreshingly homemade quality that is in tune with the music that they contain; they are professional but hardly slick.
- Its musicians are in tune with Morricone's music.
- Each forthcoming note must be heard as a complete entity, in tune, with all musical parameters in place.
- How can you tell when a violist is playing out of tune?
- The out of tune orchestra Elgar leads is so painfully unaware of their playing that this is an extremely unpleasant recording.
- Her voice melodic and in tune, she sang it softly.
1. 1.1(of an engine or other machine) properly (or poorly) adjusted.
  （引擎，其他机器）调适好（或未调适好）的
  Example sentencesExamples
  When your car's engine is badly worn or out of tune, the tailpipe emissions of such noxious by-products as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter are greatly increased.
  Keeping your engine in tune is also a gas-saver.
  Exploiting the carburetor's consistency achieves little if the engine is out of tune.
  Did you know that by keeping your car's engine in tune you would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5-15%?
  The downsides were a serious thirst for fuel when one put the foot down and the twin choke Dellorto carburettors being difficult to keep in tune.
2. 1.2In (or not in) agreement or harmony.
  〈喻〉（不）赞同，（不）和谐
  he was out of tune with conventional belief
  他与传统信仰格格不入。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We have laws in place which are clearly out of tune with the views of the majority of the population.
  Soccer's most famous musicians, who bang the drums at Sheffield Wednesday games, stand accused of being out of tune with their own supporters.
  Martin Dunne: ‘Central policy makers are totally out of tune with the views of the people around the country.’
  It just seemed to us that the politicians - all of them, in all the different parties - are out of tune with how ordinary people feel about this.
  An attitude of arrogance and the kind of insufferable self-confidence of that Cardinal is very much out of tune with the Church and its mission.
  The urban radio stations talking about ‘peace in the streets ‘are out of tune with reality.’
  ‘It is clearly discriminatory and clearly out of tune with the times,’ he said.
  The mass signing is intended to show the Executive that it is out of tune with ‘ordinary Scots’ right across the country.
  But isn't it a little out of tune with the campaign Dean's been running?
  You know, John says that he is out of tune with the American people.
  Synonyms
  in accord, in keeping, in accordance, in agreement, in harmony, harmonious, in step, in line, in sympathy
  in disagreement, at odds, at variance, out of step, not in harmony, at outs, out of kilter

to the tune of

informal Amounting to or involving (a specified considerable sum)
〈非正式〉达到…之多；共计
he was in debt to the tune of forty thousand dollars
他欠了高达四万英镑的债。
Example sentencesExamples
- The move is expected to boost the state coffers to the tune of £33.6 million next year.
- During the first two months of the financial year the trust has already overspent to the tune of £208,000.
- This means the state is defrauded nationally to the tune of £2 billion each year.
- That means she has been compensated to the tune of €83,000 for each of the months she was in charge.
- Thompson has had to pay some in advance, a commitment that has set him back to the tune of nearly £30,000.
- The report also shows the Cathedral is in the black to the tune of £113,000.
- In his view, the the private sector will benefit to the tune of 600 million leva.
- Three businesses in South Lakeland have received grants to the tune of £3,000.
- The other main area of overspending is children's disability services, to the tune of 250,000.
- Last week the news broke that even chewing gum was to be taxed to the tune of 15 cent a packet.

Phrasal Verbs

be tuned in

Be aware of, sensitive to, or able to understand something.
〈非正式〉意识到；对…敏感；能理解
it's important to be tuned in to your child's needs
理解你孩子的需要是重要的。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a politics of listening, responding, engaging, trading; of being tuned in with others.
- The cable industry is tuned in to the complaints about indecency.
- If the new carer is tuned in to your child's needs, your child should settle quickly into a new routine.
- She is tuned in to a powerful domain of secrets and souls that just might trump the logic of the material world.
- In true Mediterranean spirit, the production is tuned in to the vibrancy of life itself.

tune into

Become sensitive to.
〈喻〉对…敏感
you must tune into the needs of loved ones
你必须敏感领悟你所爱之人的需求。

tune out

Stop listening or paying attention.
〈非正式〉停止收听；不再注意
Example sentencesExamples
- Natalie tuned out the lecture and took to watching her teacher warily.
- Maybe we were loud, I tended to tune out whatever background noise was going on and just listen to the people.
- This was what classes were to be like, how teachers should be like; not bad to look at, easy to listen to, and easier to tune out from.
- Prudence tried to tune out their angry voices, instead listening to the sound of her own heartbeat.
- This was a year where advertisers were very worried about the death of the 30-second spot because people were tuning out of television.
- They start tuning out and completely miss the message.
- The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting.
- She tuned out their conversation and paid attention to the food in front of her.
- University campuses have become so cartoonishly left-wing that many students are essentially just tuning out their professors.
- The problem is that it's just this kind of attitude that makes it less likely your grades will improve; by tuning out, you'll only make it more likely that you won't do as well as you should next time.

tune someone/something out
〈南非，非正式〉告诉

Not listen or pay attention to someone or something.
Example sentencesExamples
- If all you ever do is tell the entire group, ‘You guys are great,’ some of them will eventually tune you out.
- Tim tunes him out, paying attention to the road.
- ‘If you were a friend, maybe I'd listen,’ Jen said coolly, tuning him out.
- No matter what mindless insanity she was talking about, I'm pretty sure I could just tune her out.
- You were tuning me out, I could tell by the tone of your voice.
- I'll just tune him out when he plays whatever pop the kids request.
- When your mom is freaking for the umpteenth time about the dirty-denim mound in your room, it's totally tempting to tune her out.
- I tried to tune her out but she kept asking how to pronounce some of the longer words.
- She tuned him out by listening to a loud guitar riff on her headphones.
- They may argue or seem to tune you out, but they're still listening to what you have to say.

tune something out

Exclude a sound or transmission of a particular frequency.
滤波

tune up

(of a musician) adjust one's instrument to the correct or uniform pitch.
给（乐器）调音，定调
we could hear the band tuning up
Example sentencesExamples
- The sudden sound of instruments tuning up broke the eye contact at last and made us both look toward the other end of the hall.
- Musicians in Swindon are tuning up.
- In between the dance numbers and while the musicians were tuning up and the dancers changing shoes; you could indulge in some celebrity spotting.
- Behind them, we hear a string quartet tuning up for its requiem.
- The backstage area at the club is filled with a discordant mix of musicians tuning up and trams for the Disneyland concourse whizzing by.
- The band was tuning up their instruments.
- The crowd inside the square was moving again, filling into the center of the area as the members of the mariachi tuned up their instruments.
- Even from the opening moments, as the band tunes up its instruments, we know this movie is going to be about the music.
- The only music to be heard was some of the brass section tuning up their instruments.
- Already, the members of the orchestra were tuning up their instruments so it wouldn't be too long before the show started.

Origin

Late Middle English: unexplained alteration of tone. The verb is first recorded (late 15th century) in the sense ‘celebrate in music, sing’.

单词	tune
释义	Definition of tune in English: tune noun tjuːnt(j)un 1A melody, especially one which characterizes a certain piece of music. 曲调，曲子，旋律 she left the theatre humming a cheerful tune 她哼着欢快的曲子离开了剧院。 Example sentencesExamples This one abounds with marvelous music, and familiar tunes brought to life by mostly classically-trained voices. His tunes for the melodious music of Baiju Bawra and Mother India still hold listeners spellbound. She was singing a little song that she had made up from the tune of the music box her mother had given her. Ella and I danced of course, to both upbeat, lively tunes and slow melodies. Full of sparking little tunes, these pieces are huge fun and they contribute greatly to the magical sound world of this disc. Jayachandran dismisses the allegation that some of the music composers lift the tune from old songs. He was singing softly at the tune of the melody too. Today, the folks sway to the tunes of Hindustani classical music. The characters walked around the place shaking hands and interacting with kids as they gently danced with them to the tunes at the background music. The poem is set to the music of the British tune, To Anacreon in Heaven. She begins to hum the tune of the music, weeping, as the Artist strides away. For the fanfares and songs, the music director used tunes from Byrd's Battle and other programmatic courtly pieces. Schuman's scoring cannot change the music or the basic tune. If I had to suggest a downside to the Patio, it would have to be the choice of tunes masquerading as background music. They performed a variety of music from simple tunes to Beethoven and from classical to jazz. The music was some catchy tunes by Richard Rodgers that my friend and I were humming incessantly! Those interested need not worry about knowing the tunes as sheet music will be provided on the night. After churning out some of Bollywood's most melodious tunes, music directors and partners Jatin-Lalit are all set to go. I started to hum a tune along with the music I was playing. Their programme will include Irish tunes and slow airs, some Scottish tunes and Yiddish folk music! Synonyms melody, air, strain song, number, jingle, ditty theme, motif 1.1informal A piece of popular music. DJ Samantha provided the tunes their 1995 hit has been resurrected into a modern-day classic dance tune Example sentencesExamples I try to warm up the car by cranking the tunes. There were a bunch of losers there, but they were cranking some pretty good tunes, so I thought, I can hang for a while. The DJ played some funky tunes, and I had a great night. At least they're not blasting their tunes in the car loud enough to bother those around them. The smooth, hour-long journey along the highway with tunes blaring was exhilarating but strangely relaxing. While hanging in the barn, don't forget to spin some country tunes. They played my favorite tune. The dance floor spins pop tunes for the masses. Instead of driving down Main Street on a Friday night blasting the latest tunes with friends, these kids stay busy in neon-lit arcades and shops. The club will have a band playing your favourite tunes, mouth-watering food, and fantasy cocktails. verb tjuːnt(j)un [with object] 1Adjust (a musical instrument) to the correct or uniform pitch. 给（乐器）调音，定调 he tuned the harp for me 他替我的竖琴调音。 no object we could hear the band tuning up Example sentencesExamples The club was a cacophony of down tuned guitars, slap bass and the drummer's double kick. It will take money to tune the pianos, but that is far less than what it would cost to purchase a new piano. One of them was tuning a bass guitar, listening to the laughter around him. Virginia was tuning her guitar to the keyboard at which Susan had seated herself. Now this isn't the only way to tune musical instruments. He tuned the piano for us the first day he arrived-he had perfect pitch. I did have one of those moments in the violin concerto when I wondered whether the violin was tuned sharp, or whether it was written that way, or whether I was being Ms Cloth Ears. She has as much chance of fixing it as a gorilla has of tuning a violin. Frank and Joseph were tuning their respective guitars, while Alistair was fiddling with a screw on his drum set. Advertisements for a piano tuning school pictured a woman tuning an upright piano. Viggo was completely engrossed with tuning his guitar. No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines. Who would expect a Swiss army knife to be capable of tuning a piano? She stood and tuned her violin for a few moments, and then opened the music to the Tchaikovsky concerto. Finally a string broke with a noise that sounded like a badly tuned guitar. I never could decide if he tuned the guitars a half-step lower to get that sound, or if my turntable was set too fast. Keiko stared at the doorway as Kakeru tuned his new violin. The MC's announcement and the sound of Rory tuning his guitar before the opening song, ‘Cradle Rock’, gives an atmospheric intro to the album. When I got there, Tyler was sitting behind the drums, Nick was tuning his guitar, and Josh was pulling double duty with the bass and singing. Pretty soon, the group are providing a perfectly rhythmic and tuned percussion backing. Synonyms adjust (to the correct pitch), tune up 2Adjust (a receiver circuit such as a radio or television) to the frequency of the required signal. 调谐；调整（收音机，电视等的）频率 the radio was tuned to the BBC 收音机被调到BBC台。 Example sentencesExamples My first memories of listening to the John Peel show was in bed, under the covers, with my little transistor radio tuned to BBC Radio 1 in 1977. My radio was tuned to NPR, my primary source of news since I didn't have a TV at the time. All the televisions were tuned to the Weather Channel and workers buttressed the hotel's smoked-glass windows with sheets of plywood. My car radio was constantly tuned to 96 Rock in those days. I was still tuned to Radio Scotland as I drove along the M9. She kept a small transistor radio tuned to a lite-rock station, the only sound besides the humming of the drink cases. Anywhere in the crowd it was possible to tune a transistor radio to a translation in the language of your choice. A receiver tuned to this frequency is used to track the path of the line. The radio is tuned to KOTR, known Locally as the Otter. The radio was already tuned to WABC, the dial set there on my ride home from work where Sean Hannity usually keeps me entertained. He hears a beep from his radio, which is tuned to the LAPD band. My car radio is permanently tuned to Heart 106.2 and Magic. Some radio telescopes can be tuned to this frequency, but some simply can't. This Radio is tuned to ‘inspirational’ easy listening and that's all we get. Each output port includes optical receivers which are tuned to the same fixed wavelength which is specific to the output port. The radio had been tuned to some sort of country station that I had never heard of before. Inside mission control a television is tuned to a public celebration. Investigators found the radio tuned to the wrong VOR frequency. One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker. All we could here was the radio which was tuned to 99.9. 2.1tune inno object Watch or listen to a television or radio broadcast. 看电视；听广播 tune in next week and find out! Example sentencesExamples In the days before the widespread use of video, millions tuned in to watch. Some 14 million viewers tuned in to watch the final. My brother is a priest in Zimbabwe and we would be interested to know how both he and I can tune in to the broadcasts. Many hundreds of millions of people around the planet are expected to tune in to watch the announcement. There is another television, tuned in to the showjumping at Hickstead. Listeners are also tuning in to Radio Lincolnshire for around 13.5 hours each week. Millions of television viewers tuned in as the couple exchanged their vows live on GMTV on September 3. Listeners can also tune in to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire who will broadcast from many of the buildings on the day. Louise ruefully confessed she rarely tunes in to watch television these days. Listeners to BBC Radio Lincolnshire are tuning in for 17 hours and 30 minutes each week. You and I have our own tastes in music, and we tune in to whatever radio station suits us. First of all this week, I want to apologise on behalf of T4 for those of you who tuned in to watch Pop Beach Party last Sunday. Amir's father Shah was astonished to hear millions of people back home had tuned in to watch his son fight. About 7.9 million people tuned in to watch the boat race last year. Millions of fans will be tuning in to watch the match on television. Every Sunday, millions tune in to watch the instalment of what is essentially a novel take on reality TV. I tuned in just to watch the top ten count down,. With the introduction of a new Asian family in Eastenders I decided to tune in and watch what the new clan had to offer. Those on the Celtic bus tuned in to listen to Rangers playing Aberdeen. Many old-timers remember the romance of tuning in to the radio shows. 2.2tune something out Exclude a sound or transmission of a particular frequency. 滤波 certain tones would be muted or tuned out entirely Example sentencesExamples Brooke tuned their conversation out, her thoughts focusing on Duncan. But ordinary people might tune politics out, so they just can't resist prodding and stimulating us with those symbolic things. There's such an overload of environmental messages that people are tuning it out. ‘People have become so habituated to the seat belt warning, they just sort of tune it out,’ explains Howell. I found the music to be very inspiring but after a while, I just tuned it out as I'd heard it so much before. Brooke tuned the voice out at that point. If I didn't like something, I simply tuned it out. Wes tuned it out, he had not stopped crying since he ended his eulogy. She began to yell at Ryan for some trivial thing, and he tuned it out as he held his daughter on his lap. I tuned it out and turned back to Eva, who was looking impatiently at her watch. 3Adjust (an engine) or balance (mechanical parts) so that a vehicle runs smoothly and efficiently. 调节（引擎）或平衡（机械部件）（以使车辆平稳高效运行） the suspension was tuned for a softer ride Example sentencesExamples The suspension is tuned for a balance between comfort and handling and is OK by me for everyday motoring. The engines we were using were tuned for reliability, not speed. No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines. This gives people the chance to slow down to hear how beautifully your cousin Alberto has tuned your engine. GM's High Performance Vehicle Operations tuned the suspension and upgraded the brakes of the SS. The sound of a well tuned engine was heard by all. If you show me a dad who thinks he's a great car mechanic, I will show you a badly tuned engine. Only a perfectly tuned engine can turn in the fuel consumption figures ratified for a vehicle by the Government. Before tuning the engine, you must use a fuel injector additive to improve injection. It is nowhere near as big and threatening as top-end SUVs and, thanks to suspension tuned for tarmac rather than mud, rides quite well on the road. The fully independent suspension has been tuned with performance in mind. The suspension has been specifically tuned with emphasis on ride comfort. The diesel mechanics had worked indoors prior to 1988, during which time diesel engines were run indoors during servicing and tuning. What a difference in performance when your body, like your vehicle, is finely tuned and ‘adjusted’. The company's acoustic boffins tuned the engine to introduce a throatier sounding note, so the all enveloping deep bass throb rising to spine tingling wail exists. I had spent months, when I was younger, tuning that engine. Clark says any poorly tuned engine can pollute. Schumacher still loves race karts and he can sometimes still be found at the track tuning the engines, mucking in. The instructions for tuning the motor seem to be off a different car entirely. The body is considerably more rigid which enhances safety and suspension tuning. 4Adjust or adapt (something) to a particular purpose or situation. 〈喻〉调整…以适应 the animals are finely tuned to life in the desert 这些动物被调整得很适应沙漠生活。 Example sentencesExamples Bone is a structure finely tuned to its mechanical environment. Our own internal pacemaker tunes our mental and physical energy levels more or less to the cycles of sunlight. Synonyms attune, adapt, adjust, fine-tune regulate, modulate, calibrate 5South African informal with two objects Tell (something) to (someone) 〈南非，非正式〉告诉 he starts tuning you stories about his youth 他开始告诉你他年轻时的故事。 Phrases in (or out of) tune 1With correct (or incorrect) pitch or intonation. 合（或不合）调 they couldn't sing a note in tune Example sentencesExamples Her voice melodic and in tune, she sang it softly. Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself. Worshippers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound. Each forthcoming note must be heard as a complete entity, in tune, with all musical parameters in place. Central is a grand piano which was apparently always out of tune in Tchaikovsky's day. These discs have a refreshingly homemade quality that is in tune with the music that they contain; they are professional but hardly slick. How can you tell when a violist is playing out of tune? Petts Wood Methodist Men's Group is getting in tune for a sing song. The out of tune orchestra Elgar leads is so painfully unaware of their playing that this is an extremely unpleasant recording. Its musicians are in tune with Morricone's music. 1.1(of a motor engine or other machine) properly (or poorly) adjusted. （引擎，其他机器）调适好（或未调适好）的 Example sentencesExamples Keeping your engine in tune is also a gas-saver. Did you know that by keeping your car's engine in tune you would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5-15%? Exploiting the carburetor's consistency achieves little if the engine is out of tune. The downsides were a serious thirst for fuel when one put the foot down and the twin choke Dellorto carburettors being difficult to keep in tune. When your car's engine is badly worn or out of tune, the tailpipe emissions of such noxious by-products as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter are greatly increased. 1.2In (or not in) agreement or harmony. 〈喻〉（不）赞同，（不）和谐 he was out of tune with conventional belief 他与传统信仰格格不入。 Example sentencesExamples The urban radio stations talking about ‘peace in the streets ‘are out of tune with reality.’ You know, John says that he is out of tune with the American people. Soccer's most famous musicians, who bang the drums at Sheffield Wednesday games, stand accused of being out of tune with their own supporters. ‘It is clearly discriminatory and clearly out of tune with the times,’ he said. Martin Dunne: ‘Central policy makers are totally out of tune with the views of the people around the country.’ It just seemed to us that the politicians - all of them, in all the different parties - are out of tune with how ordinary people feel about this. An attitude of arrogance and the kind of insufferable self-confidence of that Cardinal is very much out of tune with the Church and its mission. We have laws in place which are clearly out of tune with the views of the majority of the population. But isn't it a little out of tune with the campaign Dean's been running? The mass signing is intended to show the Executive that it is out of tune with ‘ordinary Scots’ right across the country. Synonyms in accord, in keeping, in accordance, in agreement, in harmony, harmonious, in step, in line, in sympathy in disagreement, at odds, at variance, out of step, not in harmony, at outs, out of kilter there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle proverb Someone's abilities do not depend on their being young. 〈谚〉旧琴拉佳曲（指一个人的能力并不取决于他的年轻） Example sentencesExamples Now, I know there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle and all that, but not if the strings are that slack. to the tune of informal Amounting to or involving (a specified considerable sum) 〈非正式〉达到…之多；共计 he was in debt to the tune of forty thousand pounds 他欠了高达四万英镑的债。 Example sentencesExamples The other main area of overspending is children's disability services, to the tune of 250,000. Last week the news broke that even chewing gum was to be taxed to the tune of 15 cent a packet. In his view, the the private sector will benefit to the tune of 600 million leva. This means the state is defrauded nationally to the tune of £2 billion each year. That means she has been compensated to the tune of €83,000 for each of the months she was in charge. The move is expected to boost the state coffers to the tune of £33.6 million next year. Three businesses in South Lakeland have received grants to the tune of £3,000. Thompson has had to pay some in advance, a commitment that has set him back to the tune of nearly £30,000. During the first two months of the financial year the trust has already overspent to the tune of £208,000. The report also shows the Cathedral is in the black to the tune of £113,000. Phrasal Verbs be tuned in Be sensitive to or able to understand something. 〈非正式〉意识到；对…敏感；能理解 it's important to be tuned in to your child's needs 理解你孩子的需要是重要的。 Example sentencesExamples She is tuned in to a powerful domain of secrets and souls that just might trump the logic of the material world. If the new carer is tuned in to your child's needs, your child should settle quickly into a new routine. In true Mediterranean spirit, the production is tuned in to the vibrancy of life itself. The cable industry is tuned in to the complaints about indecency. It is a politics of listening, responding, engaging, trading; of being tuned in with others. tune into Become sensitive to. 〈喻〉对…敏感 you must tune into the needs of loved ones 你必须敏感领悟你所爱之人的需求。 tune out Stop listening or paying attention. 〈非正式〉停止收听；不再注意 if you're in a boring lecture you can tune out Example sentencesExamples They start tuning out and completely miss the message. Natalie tuned out the lecture and took to watching her teacher warily. The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting. The problem is that it's just this kind of attitude that makes it less likely your grades will improve; by tuning out, you'll only make it more likely that you won't do as well as you should next time. This was what classes were to be like, how teachers should be like; not bad to look at, easy to listen to, and easier to tune out from. This was a year where advertisers were very worried about the death of the 30-second spot because people were tuning out of television. Maybe we were loud, I tended to tune out whatever background noise was going on and just listen to the people. University campuses have become so cartoonishly left-wing that many students are essentially just tuning out their professors. She tuned out their conversation and paid attention to the food in front of her. Prudence tried to tune out their angry voices, instead listening to the sound of her own heartbeat. Derivatives tunable adjective ˈtjuːnəb(ə)lˈt(j)unəb(ə)l Most scientists strongly distrust large-scale numerical models which rely heavily on tuneable parameters and other artificial constraints to keep them from going haywire. Example sentencesExamples In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a number of expensive tunable radios begin to pop up in specialty electronics catalogs. The model demonstrated that this motif can generate a bistable switch with tunable control over the switching threshold and the degree of population heterogeneity. Such a tunable oscillator could be used as a detector in a radio-frequency device such as a cellular phone. The slumping telecom industry wasn't producing a high demand for tunable lasers. People are interested in tunable anything. Each of the ground harps has 22 tunable pairs of strings organised in a pentatonic scale, rather like the tuning of a lute. The tumor area was irradiated with light from the argon-ion laser-pumped tunable dye laser. With improved performance over static lenses, tunable optics will offer an increasingly viable solution to engineering problems. Solid-state lasers such as alexandrite and titanium-doped sapphire are widely tunable between 1.1 and 1.6 m. The goal is to have a device that's tunable in two bands or more at $1, 000. Origin Late Middle English: unexplained alteration of tone. The verb is first recorded (late 15th century) in the sense 'celebrate in music, sing'. Rhymes afternoon, attune, autoimmune, baboon, balloon, bassoon, bestrewn, boon, Boone, bridoon, buffoon, Cameroon, Cancún, cardoon, cartoon, Changchun, cocoon, commune, croon, doubloon, dragoon, dune, festoon, galloon, goon, harpoon, hoon, immune, importune, impugn, Irgun, jejune, June, Kowloon, lagoon, lampoon, loon, macaroon, maroon, monsoon, moon, Muldoon, noon, oppugn, picayune, platoon, poltroon, pontoon, poon, prune, puccoon, raccoon, Rangoon, ratoon, rigadoon, rune, saloon, Saskatoon, Sassoon, Scone, soon, spittoon, spoon, swoon, Troon, tycoon, typhoon, Walloon noun.1 phr. phr.v. Definition of tune in US English: tune nount(y)o͞ont(j)un 1A melody, especially one which characterizes a certain piece of music. 曲调，曲子，旋律 she left the theater humming a cheerful tune 她哼着欢快的曲子离开了剧院。 Example sentencesExamples His tunes for the melodious music of Baiju Bawra and Mother India still hold listeners spellbound. Jayachandran dismisses the allegation that some of the music composers lift the tune from old songs. The characters walked around the place shaking hands and interacting with kids as they gently danced with them to the tunes at the background music. Their programme will include Irish tunes and slow airs, some Scottish tunes and Yiddish folk music! For the fanfares and songs, the music director used tunes from Byrd's Battle and other programmatic courtly pieces. Today, the folks sway to the tunes of Hindustani classical music. He was singing softly at the tune of the melody too. Full of sparking little tunes, these pieces are huge fun and they contribute greatly to the magical sound world of this disc. Those interested need not worry about knowing the tunes as sheet music will be provided on the night. This one abounds with marvelous music, and familiar tunes brought to life by mostly classically-trained voices. After churning out some of Bollywood's most melodious tunes, music directors and partners Jatin-Lalit are all set to go. Schuman's scoring cannot change the music or the basic tune. She begins to hum the tune of the music, weeping, as the Artist strides away. She was singing a little song that she had made up from the tune of the music box her mother had given her. I started to hum a tune along with the music I was playing. The poem is set to the music of the British tune, To Anacreon in Heaven. If I had to suggest a downside to the Patio, it would have to be the choice of tunes masquerading as background music. The music was some catchy tunes by Richard Rodgers that my friend and I were humming incessantly! Ella and I danced of course, to both upbeat, lively tunes and slow melodies. They performed a variety of music from simple tunes to Beethoven and from classical to jazz. Synonyms melody, air, strain 1.1informal A piece of popular music. DJ Samantha provided the tunes their 1995 hit has been resurrected into a modern-day classic dance tune Example sentencesExamples There were a bunch of losers there, but they were cranking some pretty good tunes, so I thought, I can hang for a while. They played my favorite tune. The dance floor spins pop tunes for the masses. I try to warm up the car by cranking the tunes. At least they're not blasting their tunes in the car loud enough to bother those around them. While hanging in the barn, don't forget to spin some country tunes. Instead of driving down Main Street on a Friday night blasting the latest tunes with friends, these kids stay busy in neon-lit arcades and shops. The DJ played some funky tunes, and I had a great night. The smooth, hour-long journey along the highway with tunes blaring was exhilarating but strangely relaxing. The club will have a band playing your favourite tunes, mouth-watering food, and fantasy cocktails. verbt(y)o͞ont(j)un [with object] 1Adjust (a musical instrument) to the correct or uniform pitch. 给（乐器）调音，定调 he tuned the harp for me 他替我的竖琴调音。 Example sentencesExamples Finally a string broke with a noise that sounded like a badly tuned guitar. It will take money to tune the pianos, but that is far less than what it would cost to purchase a new piano. I never could decide if he tuned the guitars a half-step lower to get that sound, or if my turntable was set too fast. Keiko stared at the doorway as Kakeru tuned his new violin. The club was a cacophony of down tuned guitars, slap bass and the drummer's double kick. Advertisements for a piano tuning school pictured a woman tuning an upright piano. I did have one of those moments in the violin concerto when I wondered whether the violin was tuned sharp, or whether it was written that way, or whether I was being Ms Cloth Ears. Frank and Joseph were tuning their respective guitars, while Alistair was fiddling with a screw on his drum set. Who would expect a Swiss army knife to be capable of tuning a piano? Viggo was completely engrossed with tuning his guitar. Now this isn't the only way to tune musical instruments. When I got there, Tyler was sitting behind the drums, Nick was tuning his guitar, and Josh was pulling double duty with the bass and singing. She has as much chance of fixing it as a gorilla has of tuning a violin. He tuned the piano for us the first day he arrived-he had perfect pitch. One of them was tuning a bass guitar, listening to the laughter around him. She stood and tuned her violin for a few moments, and then opened the music to the Tchaikovsky concerto. Pretty soon, the group are providing a perfectly rhythmic and tuned percussion backing. Virginia was tuning her guitar to the keyboard at which Susan had seated herself. No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines. The MC's announcement and the sound of Rory tuning his guitar before the opening song, ‘Cradle Rock’, gives an atmospheric intro to the album. Synonyms adjust, adjust to the correct pitch, tune up 2Adjust (a receiver circuit such as a radio or television) to the frequency of the required signal. 调谐；调整（收音机，电视等的）频率 the radio was tuned to the CBC 收音机被调到BBC台。 no object they tuned in to watch the game 他们调台观看板球比赛。 Example sentencesExamples One radio was tuned to the tanker-control frequency and the other radio directly to the tanker. The radio was already tuned to WABC, the dial set there on my ride home from work where Sean Hannity usually keeps me entertained. Some radio telescopes can be tuned to this frequency, but some simply can't. My first memories of listening to the John Peel show was in bed, under the covers, with my little transistor radio tuned to BBC Radio 1 in 1977. My car radio was constantly tuned to 96 Rock in those days. Inside mission control a television is tuned to a public celebration. He hears a beep from his radio, which is tuned to the LAPD band. The radio had been tuned to some sort of country station that I had never heard of before. Each output port includes optical receivers which are tuned to the same fixed wavelength which is specific to the output port. She kept a small transistor radio tuned to a lite-rock station, the only sound besides the humming of the drink cases. I was still tuned to Radio Scotland as I drove along the M9. My radio was tuned to NPR, my primary source of news since I didn't have a TV at the time. This Radio is tuned to ‘inspirational’ easy listening and that's all we get. All the televisions were tuned to the Weather Channel and workers buttressed the hotel's smoked-glass windows with sheets of plywood. All we could here was the radio which was tuned to 99.9. My car radio is permanently tuned to Heart 106.2 and Magic. Investigators found the radio tuned to the wrong VOR frequency. The radio is tuned to KOTR, known Locally as the Otter. A receiver tuned to this frequency is used to track the path of the line. Anywhere in the crowd it was possible to tune a transistor radio to a translation in the language of your choice. 3often tune upAdjust (an engine) or balance (mechanical parts) so that a vehicle runs smoothly and efficiently. 调节（引擎）或平衡（机械部件）（以使车辆平稳高效运行） the suspension was tuned for a softer ride figurative state officials have been tuning up an emergency plan Example sentencesExamples The suspension has been specifically tuned with emphasis on ride comfort. The instructions for tuning the motor seem to be off a different car entirely. The engines we were using were tuned for reliability, not speed. Schumacher still loves race karts and he can sometimes still be found at the track tuning the engines, mucking in. If you show me a dad who thinks he's a great car mechanic, I will show you a badly tuned engine. Only a perfectly tuned engine can turn in the fuel consumption figures ratified for a vehicle by the Government. What a difference in performance when your body, like your vehicle, is finely tuned and ‘adjusted’. The diesel mechanics had worked indoors prior to 1988, during which time diesel engines were run indoors during servicing and tuning. I had spent months, when I was younger, tuning that engine. No one tunes a piano with a hammer, but I sometimes see racers take a sledgehammer approach to tuning engines. Clark says any poorly tuned engine can pollute. Before tuning the engine, you must use a fuel injector additive to improve injection. The sound of a well tuned engine was heard by all. The body is considerably more rigid which enhances safety and suspension tuning. This gives people the chance to slow down to hear how beautifully your cousin Alberto has tuned your engine. The fully independent suspension has been tuned with performance in mind. The suspension is tuned for a balance between comfort and handling and is OK by me for everyday motoring. It is nowhere near as big and threatening as top-end SUVs and, thanks to suspension tuned for tarmac rather than mud, rides quite well on the road. The company's acoustic boffins tuned the engine to introduce a throatier sounding note, so the all enveloping deep bass throb rising to spine tingling wail exists. GM's High Performance Vehicle Operations tuned the suspension and upgraded the brakes of the SS. 4Adjust or adapt (something) to a particular purpose or situation. 〈喻〉调整…以适应 the animals are finely tuned to life in the desert 这些动物被调整得很适应沙漠生活。 Example sentencesExamples Our own internal pacemaker tunes our mental and physical energy levels more or less to the cycles of sunlight. Bone is a structure finely tuned to its mechanical environment. Synonyms attune, adapt, adjust, fine-tune Phrases in (or out of) tune 1With correct (or incorrect) pitch or intonation. 合（或不合）调 Example sentencesExamples Worshippers are encouraged to be careful about diction, stay in tune, sing exact note values, and avoid forcing the sound. Both groups sang very much in tune, but unlike, say, certain more modern groups, intonation never excited you by itself. Central is a grand piano which was apparently always out of tune in Tchaikovsky's day. Petts Wood Methodist Men's Group is getting in tune for a sing song. These discs have a refreshingly homemade quality that is in tune with the music that they contain; they are professional but hardly slick. Its musicians are in tune with Morricone's music. Each forthcoming note must be heard as a complete entity, in tune, with all musical parameters in place. How can you tell when a violist is playing out of tune? The out of tune orchestra Elgar leads is so painfully unaware of their playing that this is an extremely unpleasant recording. Her voice melodic and in tune, she sang it softly. 1.1(of an engine or other machine) properly (or poorly) adjusted. （引擎，其他机器）调适好（或未调适好）的 Example sentencesExamples When your car's engine is badly worn or out of tune, the tailpipe emissions of such noxious by-products as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and particulate matter are greatly increased. Keeping your engine in tune is also a gas-saver. Exploiting the carburetor's consistency achieves little if the engine is out of tune. Did you know that by keeping your car's engine in tune you would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5-15%? The downsides were a serious thirst for fuel when one put the foot down and the twin choke Dellorto carburettors being difficult to keep in tune. 1.2In (or not in) agreement or harmony. 〈喻〉（不）赞同，（不）和谐 he was out of tune with conventional belief 他与传统信仰格格不入。 Example sentencesExamples We have laws in place which are clearly out of tune with the views of the majority of the population. Soccer's most famous musicians, who bang the drums at Sheffield Wednesday games, stand accused of being out of tune with their own supporters. Martin Dunne: ‘Central policy makers are totally out of tune with the views of the people around the country.’ It just seemed to us that the politicians - all of them, in all the different parties - are out of tune with how ordinary people feel about this. An attitude of arrogance and the kind of insufferable self-confidence of that Cardinal is very much out of tune with the Church and its mission. The urban radio stations talking about ‘peace in the streets ‘are out of tune with reality.’ ‘It is clearly discriminatory and clearly out of tune with the times,’ he said. The mass signing is intended to show the Executive that it is out of tune with ‘ordinary Scots’ right across the country. But isn't it a little out of tune with the campaign Dean's been running? You know, John says that he is out of tune with the American people. Synonyms in accord, in keeping, in accordance, in agreement, in harmony, harmonious, in step, in line, in sympathy in disagreement, at odds, at variance, out of step, not in harmony, at outs, out of kilter to the tune of informal Amounting to or involving (a specified considerable sum) 〈非正式〉达到…之多；共计 he was in debt to the tune of forty thousand dollars 他欠了高达四万英镑的债。 Example sentencesExamples The move is expected to boost the state coffers to the tune of £33.6 million next year. During the first two months of the financial year the trust has already overspent to the tune of £208,000. This means the state is defrauded nationally to the tune of £2 billion each year. That means she has been compensated to the tune of €83,000 for each of the months she was in charge. Thompson has had to pay some in advance, a commitment that has set him back to the tune of nearly £30,000. The report also shows the Cathedral is in the black to the tune of £113,000. In his view, the the private sector will benefit to the tune of 600 million leva. Three businesses in South Lakeland have received grants to the tune of £3,000. The other main area of overspending is children's disability services, to the tune of 250,000. Last week the news broke that even chewing gum was to be taxed to the tune of 15 cent a packet. Phrasal Verbs be tuned in Be aware of, sensitive to, or able to understand something. 〈非正式〉意识到；对…敏感；能理解 it's important to be tuned in to your child's needs 理解你孩子的需要是重要的。 Example sentencesExamples It is a politics of listening, responding, engaging, trading; of being tuned in with others. The cable industry is tuned in to the complaints about indecency. If the new carer is tuned in to your child's needs, your child should settle quickly into a new routine. She is tuned in to a powerful domain of secrets and souls that just might trump the logic of the material world. In true Mediterranean spirit, the production is tuned in to the vibrancy of life itself. tune into Become sensitive to. 〈喻〉对…敏感 you must tune into the needs of loved ones 你必须敏感领悟你所爱之人的需求。 tune out Stop listening or paying attention. 〈非正式〉停止收听；不再注意 Example sentencesExamples Natalie tuned out the lecture and took to watching her teacher warily. Maybe we were loud, I tended to tune out whatever background noise was going on and just listen to the people. This was what classes were to be like, how teachers should be like; not bad to look at, easy to listen to, and easier to tune out from. Prudence tried to tune out their angry voices, instead listening to the sound of her own heartbeat. This was a year where advertisers were very worried about the death of the 30-second spot because people were tuning out of television. They start tuning out and completely miss the message. The key now is to tune out the ‘white noise’ and stop fighting. She tuned out their conversation and paid attention to the food in front of her. University campuses have become so cartoonishly left-wing that many students are essentially just tuning out their professors. The problem is that it's just this kind of attitude that makes it less likely your grades will improve; by tuning out, you'll only make it more likely that you won't do as well as you should next time. tune someone/something out 〈南非，非正式〉告诉 Not listen or pay attention to someone or something. Example sentencesExamples If all you ever do is tell the entire group, ‘You guys are great,’ some of them will eventually tune you out. Tim tunes him out, paying attention to the road. ‘If you were a friend, maybe I'd listen,’ Jen said coolly, tuning him out. No matter what mindless insanity she was talking about, I'm pretty sure I could just tune her out. You were tuning me out, I could tell by the tone of your voice. I'll just tune him out when he plays whatever pop the kids request. When your mom is freaking for the umpteenth time about the dirty-denim mound in your room, it's totally tempting to tune her out. I tried to tune her out but she kept asking how to pronounce some of the longer words. She tuned him out by listening to a loud guitar riff on her headphones. They may argue or seem to tune you out, but they're still listening to what you have to say. tune something out Exclude a sound or transmission of a particular frequency. 滤波 tune up (of a musician) adjust one's instrument to the correct or uniform pitch. 给（乐器）调音，定调 we could hear the band tuning up Example sentencesExamples The sudden sound of instruments tuning up broke the eye contact at last and made us both look toward the other end of the hall. Musicians in Swindon are tuning up. In between the dance numbers and while the musicians were tuning up and the dancers changing shoes; you could indulge in some celebrity spotting. Behind them, we hear a string quartet tuning up for its requiem. The backstage area at the club is filled with a discordant mix of musicians tuning up and trams for the Disneyland concourse whizzing by. The band was tuning up their instruments. The crowd inside the square was moving again, filling into the center of the area as the members of the mariachi tuned up their instruments. Even from the opening moments, as the band tunes up its instruments, we know this movie is going to be about the music. The only music to be heard was some of the brass section tuning up their instruments. Already, the members of the orchestra were tuning up their instruments so it wouldn't be too long before the show started. Origin Late Middle English: unexplained alteration of tone. The verb is first recorded (late 15th century) in the sense ‘celebrate in music, sing’. noun.1 phr. phr.v.
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