| 单词 | tune |
| 释义 | tune I. 1. a. archaic < thou hast a tongue: come, let us hear its tune — Horace Smith > b. < the straightforward tune … of early English poetry — Louis Untermeyer > specifically < differences … are probably more in language tune than in actual pronunciation — A.J.Tresidder > c. < when the tables are turned … changes his tune — A.J.Toynbee > < so struck by facts he was … collecting that he altered his tune — C.L.Boltz > d. archaic < being in … bad tune for a fête — Thomas Moore > 2. a. < play a tune on the piano > b. < dance tune > < to the tune of “America” > c. < stand the expense and not insist upon calling the tune — I.I.Rabi > < the alluring tune of the new Pied Piper — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > d. < glowing speeches, delivered to the tune of more cheers — Phoenix Flame > 3. a. < a competent musician knows with certainty when an instrument is out of tune — Clive Bell > b. < drawings more in tune with the text — New York Times Book Review > < a portfolio of stocks … out of tune with present market conditions — Outlook > < I was out of tune with everything and everyone about me — Anne. S. Mehdevi > c. 4. < technical difficulties … dehumanize us to such a tune as to make us indifferent — J.C.Powys > — usually used in the phrase to the tune of < subsidized Japan to the tune of two billion dollars in five years — Atlantic > < custom-made to the tune of $40 or $50 apiece — American Fabrics > < turns out electricity from coal to the tune of 150,000 kilowatts — Newsweek > II. intransitive verb 1. < a breeze tuning through the frigid silence — John Galsworthy > < my children could tune before they could speak — A.B.Evans > 2. < develop new attitudes to their tasks as they sensitively tune to the requirements of their responsibilities — C.C.Brown > < that other part of his mind tuning in and clocking up the platitude — James Jones > 3. < tune in to a program > < tune about for good music — E.C.Aldrich > < by tuning in on just one station of known location, the direction from the direction finder to the station can be determined — Introduction to Electronics > transitive verb 1. a. < tune a violin > < tune it up a minor or a major third — Deems Taylor > b. archaic (1) < little birds that tune their morning's joy — Shakespeare > (2) c. < he tuned a marvellous prose — Edmund Wilson > 2. archaic < the most effective way … of tuning public opinion — J.H.Blunt > 3. a. < the colors … are not perfectly tuned to each other — Mildred J. O'Brien > < she was not tuned to a mood of self-reproach — Herman Wouk > < the stallion's sense is very keen … he knows instantly whether his man is tuned in to him — Henry Wyumalen > b. < whether the touch is firm or light it can be tuned to the operator's rhythm — Print > c. (1) < has good plugs and points and has just recently been tuned — Phil Gresho > — often used with up < tune up a plane on the flight line > (2) < we were tautly tuned for it — F.A.Perry > — often used with up < was pretty well tuned up for the challenge — Norman Cousins > 4. a. < a means of tuning the electrodes is usually provided … to facilitate voltage adjustment — F.W.Curtis > < tune a television set to the local channel > < tune in a program > < tune out static > < a hearing aid … that automatically tunes down loud and harsh noises — Newsweek > b. < tune in a directional beacon > III. 1. 2. |
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