释义 |
ˈundernote [under-1 9 b.] A subdued note; an undertone or suggestion.
1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. iv. 189 Listen too, How every pause is filled with under-notes. 1857W. Collins Dead Secret iii. iii, There was an under-note of pleasure running through its tones. 1873Symonds Grk. Poets viii. 257 The deep under-note of good sense and wisdom which gives eternal value to the jests of Aristophanes. |