tune
n. 曲調; 歌曲
v. 為(樂器)調音; 除錯; 調頻道
A tune is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember.
She was humming a merry little tune.
她正哼著一支歡快的小調。
You can refer to a song or a short piece of music as a tune .
She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.
她還將演奏你最喜歡的流行樂曲。
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.
“我們在演奏以前確實會為吉他調音,”他堅持說道。
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.
司機們被敦促要確保汽車發動機除錯妥當。
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.
一臺小彩色電視機頻道調在了一出下午的肥皂劇上。
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?
那在國會誰說了算?
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?...
你從今天早上就變卦了,是不是?
Yesterday he changed his tune, saying the fare increase was experimental.
昨天他變卦了,說提價只是試行。
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.
商業主義的危險就是教會最終可能會被大讚助商牽著鼻子走。
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...
他聲音很一般,但唱得都在調子上。
Many of the notes are out of tune...
很多音都走調了。
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,他方向的改變似乎更與時代合拍。
The peace campaigners were probably out of tune with most Britons.
和平倡導者可能不被大部分英國人認同。
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.
他們已經對世界盃提供了高達 150 萬英鎊的贊助費。
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
這些名詞均含有"樂曲,曲調"之意。
be tuned in
(非正式)意識到;對…敏感;能理解
call the tune
change one's tune
in (或out of) tune
合(或不合)調
there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
(諺)舊琴拉佳曲(指一個人的能力並不取決於他的年輕)
tune something out
濾波
tune something up
調整,調節(以達最佳效能)
tune in
&I{【電子學】} 調整頻率(以接收):調整接收器來接收特定頻率的訊號或特定的節目
&I{【俚語】} 注意,覺察到:使或變得明白或瞭解
tune out
&I{【電子學】} 調出:調整接收器以不接收特定的訊號
不注意;忽略
tune up
&I{【音樂】} 調絃,調音:給樂器調音以達到所期望的音高或音調
調節(機器等):調整機器使其處於正常的工作狀態
熱身,準備活動:為某一特殊活動做準備
to the tune of
達…之多,共計
He sings another tune.
他改變了調子.
Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.
再次聽到那首曲子使她胸中充滿了渴望.
You've been whistling that same tune all morning. Knock it off, will you?
整個上午你說來說去都是老一套, 別再講了, 好不好?
It needs skill to tune a piano.
調準鋼琴需要技巧.
He'd written a tune, and played it to us on the piano.
他寫了一段曲子, 並在鋼琴上彈給我們聽.