tone
US
UK tone n: (sound)
SC 音调 yīn diào
TC 音調
TC 音調
SC 音色 yīn diào ，yīn sè
TC 音色
TC 音色
SC 音质 yīn diào ，yīn zhì
TC 音質
TC 音質
Each telephone key has its own tone.
每个电话键都有不同的音调。
tone n: (attitude expressed in voice)
SC 口气，语气，腔调，语调 kǒu qì，yǔ qì，qiāng diào ，yǔ diào
TC 口氣，語氣
TC 口氣，語氣
SC 语调，音调 yǔ diào ，yīn diào
TC 音調(语言学)
TC 音調(语言学)
Son, I don't like that tone of voice that you use with me!
孩子，我不喜欢你用那种语气与我说话!
NEW：这里应该用升调。
tone n: (style)
SC 风格 fēng gé
TC 風格
TC 風格
SC 特色 fēng gé ，tè sè
TC 特色
TC 特色
The new boss struck a relaxed tone with his workers.
新上司与员工轻松交流。
tone n: (color: tint, hue)
SC 色调 sè diào
TC 色調
TC 色調
We chose a light blue tone for the baby's room.
我们给婴儿房选的是浅蓝色调。
tone n: UK (tonal value: relative light or dark)
SC 色调 sè diào
TC 色調
TC 色調
The addition of darker tones will give your painting depth.
额外的深色调能赋予画作深度。
tone n: (quality of a sound)
SC 音色 yīn sè
TC 音色
TC 音色
SC 音质 yīn sè ，yīn zhì
TC 音質
TC 音質
The trumpet had a beautiful tone.
tone n: (music: specific sound) (音乐)
SC 音 yīn
TC 音
TC 音
We need to sing half a tone higher.
tone n: (phonetics: some languages) (语音学)
SC 声调，音调 shēng diào ，yīn diào
TC 聲調，音調
TC 聲調，音調
tone n: (physiology: nerve activity) (生理学: 神经活动)
SC 张力 zhāng lì
TC 張力
TC 張力
tone [sth] vtr: (fitness) (通过锻炼等)
SC 使结实 shǐ jié shí
TC 使結實
TC 使結實
SC 使紧实 shǐ jié shí，shǐ jǐn shí
She does sit-ups to tone her stomach muscles.
tone [sth] down, tone down [sth] vtr phrasal sep: (make more subtle)
SC 缓和，柔和 huǎn hé ，róu hé
TC 緩和，柔和
TC 緩和，柔和
I toned down the photos because they were too bright.
tone [sth] down, tone down [sth] vtr phrasal sep: figurative (subdue)
SC 缓和, 柔和
tone up [sth], tone [sth] up vtr phrasal sep: (muscles: make more defined)
SC 使肌肉轮廓鲜明 shǐ jī ròu lún kuò xiān míng
I don't really need to lose weight, I just need to tone up my abs.
tone up vi phrasal: (become more muscular)
SC 使更健壮 shǐ gèng jiàn zhuàng
Let's go tone up at the gym.
dial tone, also UK: dialling tone n: (phone signal)
SC （电话）拨号音 diàn huà bō hào yīn
Wait for the dial tone to begin pressing the number keys.
busy signal (US), engaged tone, engaged signal (UK) n: (phone: sound when in use)
SC 占线音
SC 忙线音
flesh tone n: (colour of human skin)
SC 肤色 fū sè
SC 人皮肤的颜色 fū sè，rén pí fū de yán sè
The girl's flesh tone was darker from the two weeks she'd spent sunbathing in Greece.
ringing tone n: (phone: sound indicating connection is made)
SC （电话的）振铃声 diàn huà de zhèn líng shēng
SC 铃音 diàn huà de zhèn líng shēng，líng yīn
I got a ringing tone, so the phone wasn't out of order.
ringing tone n: (voice: resonant, loud)
SC 清脆响亮的声音 qīng cuì xiǎng liàng de shēng yīn
set the tone v expr: figurative (establish pattern)
SC 奠定基调
My disastrous first day at school set the tone for the rest of the semester.
skin tone n: (light or dark colour of the complexion)
SC 肤色 fū sè
tone color (US), tone colour (UK) n: figurative (music: timber)
SC 音色 yīn sè
TC 音色
TC 音色
tone language: (linguistics)
SC 声调语言
tone of voice n: (vocal quality or intonation)
SC 音色 yīn sè
TC 音色
TC 音色
He could sense she was really angry from her tone of voice.
tone quality n: (timbre of musical note)
SC 音质 yīn zhì
TC 音質
TC 音質
tone-deaf adj: (pitch differences)
SC 五音不全的
tone-deaf adj: figurative (inappropriate, tactless)
SC 对他人的反馈充耳不闻的人
SC 听不进别人意见的人
tonearm, tone arm n: (needle arm of a record player)
SC 唱臂 chàng bì
touch-tone adj: (having tone-dialing system)
SC 按键式
touch-tone adj: (operated by tone-dialing system)
SC 按键式运行的
two-tone adj: (having two colors)
SC 双色的
two-tone adj: (two sounds)
SC 双音的