tune
n. 曲调; 歌曲
v. 为(乐器)调音; 调试; 调频道
A tune is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember.
She was humming a merry little tune.
她正哼着一支欢快的小调。
You can refer to a song or a short piece of music as a tune .
She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.
她还将演奏你最喜欢的流行乐曲。
When someone tunes a musical instrument, they adjust it so that it produces the right notes.
'We do tune our guitars before we go on,' he insisted.
“我们在演奏以前确实会为吉他调音,”他坚持说道。
When an engine or machine is tuned, it is adjusted so that it works well.
Drivers are urged to make sure that car engines are properly tuned.
司机们被敦促要确保汽车发动机调试妥当。
If your radio or television is tuned to a particular broadcasting station, you are listening to or watching the programmes being broadcast by that station.
A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.
一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。
If you say that a person or organization is calling the tune, you mean that they are in a position of power or control in a particular situation.
Who would then be calling the tune in Parliament?
那在国会谁说了算?
If you say that someone has changed their tune, you are criticizing them because they have changed their opinion or way of doing things.
You've changed your tune since this morning, haven't you?...
你从今天早上就变卦了,是不是?
Yesterday he changed his tune, saying the fare increase was experimental.
昨天他变卦了,说提价只是试行。
If you say that someone is dancing to someone else's tune, you mean that they are allowing themselves to be controlled by the other person.
The danger of commercialism is that the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors.
商业主义的危险就是教会最终可能会被大赞助商牵着鼻子走。
A person or musical instrument that is in tune produces exactly the right notes. A person or musical instrument that is out of tune does not produce exactly the right notes.
It was just an ordinary voice, but he sang in tune...
他声音很一般,但唱得都在调子上。
Many of the notes are out of tune...
很多音都走调了。
If you are in tune with a group of people, you are in agreement or sympathy with them. If you are out of tune with them, you are not in agreement or sympathy with them.
Today, his change of direction seems more in tune with the times...
今天,他方向的改变似乎更与时代合拍。
The peace campaigners were probably out of tune with most Britons.
和平倡导者可能不被大部分英国人认同。
To the tune of a particular amount of money means to the extent of that amount.
They've been sponsoring the World Cup to the tune of a million and a half pounds.
他们已经对世界杯提供了高达 150 万英镑的赞助费。
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch;
3. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
1. adjust for (better) functioning;
2. of musical instruments;
melody, song, tune, theme
这些名词均含有"乐曲,曲调"之意。
be tuned in
(非正式)意识到;对…敏感;能理解
call the tune
change one's tune
in (或out of) tune
合(或不合)调
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
(谚)旧琴拉佳曲(指一个人的能力并不取决于他的年轻)
tune something out
滤波
tune something up
调整,调节(以达最佳性能)
tune in
&I{【电子学】} 调整频率(以接收):调整接收器来接收特定频率的信号或特定的节目
&I{【俚语】} 注意,觉察到:使或变得明白或了解
tune out
&I{【电子学】} 调出:调整接收器以不接收特定的信号
不注意;忽略
tune up
&I{【音乐】} 调弦,调音:给乐器调音以达到所期望的音高或音调
调节(机器等):调整机器使其处于正常的工作状态
热身,准备活动:为某一特殊活动做准备
to the tune of
达…之多,共计
He sings another tune.
他改变了调子.
Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.
再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望.
You've been whistling that same tune all morning. Knock it off, will you?
整个上午你说来说去都是老一套, 别再讲了, 好不好?
It needs skill to tune a piano.
调准钢琴需要技巧.
He'd written a tune, and played it to us on the piano.
他写了一段曲子, 并在钢琴上弹给我们听.