单词 | tuned |
释义 | tunedadj. 1. Put in tune, sounded musically, etc. (see the verb): usually with qualifying word (in which case sometimes from the noun = having a specified ‘tune’ or tone); also with adverb. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > having musical sound tuned1579 fine-tuned1661 1579 W. Wilkinson Confut. Familye of Loue f. 26v Straunge doctrine and new tuned opinions. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lvii. 33 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 60 To spread thy praise With tuned laies. 1598 Mucedorus sig. A2 Sound foorth Bellonas siluer tuned strings. 1674 J. Playford Introd. Skill Musick (ed. 7) 58 The Dorick Mood consisted of sober slow Tun'd [1654 etc. timed] Notes (Counterpoint). 1746–7 J. Hervey Among Tombs in Medit. (1767) I. 37 Their Inclinations were nicely-tuned Unisons, and all their conversation was Harmony. 1908 Daily Report 31 Aug. 9/1 The professional rider on a specially tuned-up machine [motor]. 2. a. Electronics. Adjusted so as to resonate at a particular frequency; forming part of a circuit so adjusted. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electronics > electronic devices or components > operation of electronic devices > [adjective] > tuned tuned1899 slugged1906 single-tuned1947 stagger-tuned1947 slug-tuned1979 1899 J. J. Fahie Hist. Wireless Telegr. 182 The circuits are said to be in resonance, or to be electrically tuned. 1907 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 358 It consists in producing electric waves similar to light waves, and in detecting them at a distance by means of a tuned or ‘syntonized’ receiver. 1928 Observer 17 June 26/3 The most efficient inductance to use in a ‘tuned anode’, radio-frequency amplifying circuit is one wound with ‘Litz’ wire. 1936 Discovery June 197/2 This is of importance in short-wave technique, seeing that condensation is constantly varying the capacity of the tuned circuit. 1962 J. H. Simpson & R. S. Richards Physical Princ. Junction Transistors xiv. 328 Two types of high-frequency amplifiers are in general use, tuned amplifiers and untuned wide-band or video amplifiers. 1971 Nature 3 Dec. 256/1 In Diptera, the antennae are the principal organs of hearing and are tuned and directional. 1980 K. J. Bohlman Colour & Mono Television I. viii. 97 At Band 4 and 5 frequencies, conventional L, C tuning circuits are not practical... Fortunately..it is possible to use tuned transmission lines. b. Having one's radio or television tuned (in) to a particular station; esp. in imperative phrase stay tuned, go on listening to this station. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > audience > [adjective] > having one's set tuned to specific channel tuned1956 society > communication > broadcasting > radio broadcasting > [phrase] > go on listening stay tuned1956 1956 Amer. Speech 31 258 Stay tuned for Roy Neal and his program. 1970 Wall St. Jrnl. 15 June 1/1 13 million American homes are tuned in via ABC-TV to a previously taped episode of Mr Welk's 15-year-old show. 1972 Guardian 8 Jan. 8/3 Our own Keith Dewhurst..had stayed tuned for this unique blend. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon viii. 152 She fiddled with volume control in order to get him satisfactorily tuned in. c. tuned in (figurative): (a) in rapport with, in harmony with; const. to, on; (b) (slang) = switched-on at switched adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [adjective] samtalec1175 samentalea1300 accordingc1300 accordantc1350 covenablec1384 concordable1393 accorda1413 suant1418 consonant1489 convenablea1500 concordant1512 semblable1513 convenient1526 modulatec1530 harmonical1531 harmoniacal1536 agreeable1540 concurrent1542 suitable1568 concinne1569 harmonial1569 sympathical1570 tunable1573 coherenta1575 conspiring1576 well-consenting1579 well-consorted1583 congruous1599 high-tuned1603 symbolizing1611 unjarring1620 concording1627 congruenta1637 harmonious1638 friendlya1641 unclashing1642 complying1646 symphoniacal1650 consistent1651 consentaneous1652 consentivea1657 symbolical1667 concordiousa1670 sympathetic1673 congenerous1677 symbolizant1685 congenial1693 symphonious1743 harmonic1756 concentual1782 undiscordant1819 concordial1822 attuned1833 connate1836 sympathetical1848 concentuous1850 consenting1858 consilient1867 tuned in1958 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > in agreement or harmony (with) [phrase] in onea1400 according1523 in unison1604 of a piece1607 in concert1618 in consort1634 in tone1647 at unison1661 of a piece with1665 true1735 in suit with1797 in harmony1816 of a suit with1886 in tune1887 in key1919 tuned in1958 all-of-a-piece1960 1958 Oxf. Mag. 1 May 398/1 It took us some time to get tuned in... Everyone was saying how much better the second half was than the first... Had we just begun to get the wave-length?.. A minor triumph in the difficult art of getting acquainted. 1963 N. Marsh Dead Water (1964) i. 29 I miss..the way people think. All the same, it's fun trying to get tuned-in. 1968 P. Brook Empty Space iii. 85 It is perhaps for this reason that..the pop tradition in England has such wide appeal: non-political, unaligned, it is none the less tuned in on a fragmented world in which bombs, drugs, God, parents, sex, and private anxieties, are inseparable. 1972 D. Haston In High Places xii. 143 I'd walk alone, slowly shaking off the delights of civilization and getting completely tuned in once again to a mountain environment. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 12/2 This is a regional museum tuned in to the story of man's relationship to the wilderness. 1977 Hudson Rev. Spring 69 I thought he'd be some kind of creep, instead I meet this really sweet cat... He's really tuned in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < |
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