单词 | tune out |
释义 | tune outSEE SYNONYMS FOR tune out ON THESAURUS.COM verb(intr, adverb often foll by of) informal to cease to take an interest (in) or pay attention (to)many people had tuned out of politics Words nearby tune outtundra swan, tune, tuneful, tune in, tuneless, tune out, tuner, tunesmith, tune-up, Tunga penetrans, tungo Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with tune outtune out Adjust a receiver so as not to receive a signal, as in Let's tune out all this interference. [Early 1900s] Dissociate oneself from one's surroundings; also, disregard, ignore. For example, The average reader, used to seeing lots of color images, tunes out when confronted with big blocks of text, or Some mothers are expert at tuning out the children's whining and quarreling. [1920s] For an antonym, see tune in. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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