undertone
n. 低調; 低聲地; 淡色; 潛在的感情
If you say something in an undertone, you say it very quietly.
'What d'you think?' she asked in an undertone...
“你覺得怎麼樣?”她小聲地問道。
Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate.
衣著光鮮的顧客們邊吃邊斯文地低聲聊著天。
If something has undertones of a particular kind, it suggests ideas or attitudes of this kind without expressing them directly.
The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.
啜泣聲中隱隱透著憤怒。
...a witty, racy story with surprisingly serious undertones.
詼諧卻寓意深刻的葷段子
1. a quiet or hushed tone of voice;
2. subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
3. a pale or subdued color
"What d'you think?" she asked in an undertone.
“你覺得怎麼樣?”她小聲地問道。
The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.
啜泣聲中隱隱透著憤怒。
His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
他溫和的話中蘊涵著警告之意。
His voice sank down to a steady and reproachful undertone.
他的聲音降了下去,變得平穩了,裡面還帶著點兒責備.
There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.
他話中有刺.