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单词 sing another tune
释义

sing1 /sing/

intransitive verb (pat sang or (now rarely) sung; pap sung)
  1. To utter melodious sounds in musical succession while articulating words
  2. To perform songs, esp as a profession
  3. To emit more or less songlike sounds
  4. To give a cantabile or lyrical effect
  5. (of the ears) to ring
  6. To be capable of being sung
  7. To write poetry (literary)
  8. To confess, to turn informer, to squeal (slang, esp N American)
transitive verb
  1. To utter or perform by voice, musically
  2. To chant
  3. To celebrate
  4. To proclaim, relate, in song or verse or in comparable manner
  5. To bring, drive, render, pass, etc by singing
noun (informal)

An act or period of singing

ORIGIN: OE singan; Ger singen, Gothic siggwan

singˈable adjective

singˈableness noun

singˈer noun

  1. A person, bird, etc, that sings
  2. A person who sings as a profession
  3. An informer (slang, esp N American)
  4. A poet (obsolete)

singˈing noun

singˈingly adverb

singer-songˈwriter noun

A person who performs songs that he or she has also written

singˈing-bird noun

A songbird

singing flame noun

A flame that gives a musical note in a tube

singˈing-gallery noun

A gallery occupied by singers

singing hinny noun (Scot and N Eng)

A currant cake that hisses on the griddle

singˈing-man noun (Shakespeare)

A man employed to sing, eg in a church choir

singing master noun

A teacher of singing

singing sand noun

Musical sand (qv)

singing telegram noun

A method of delivering a greeting by employing a person specializing in this service to sing the greeting to the recipient

singˈ-singˈ noun

(in New Guinea) a tribal get-together for singing, dancing and feasting

singˈsong noun

  1. A ballad
  2. Jingly verse
  3. (monotonous) up-and-down intonation
  4. An informal gathering of friends at which there is singing
  5. A meeting for community singing

adjective

Of the nature of singsong

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To sing, speak or utter, in a singsong way

all-singˈing-all-danˈcing (informal)

Incorporating the full range of features and elaborations

sing along (orig US)

Of an audience, to join in the familiar songs with the performer (with with; singˈalong noun)

sing another (or a different) song or tune

  1. To change to a humbler tone
  2. To express an opinion different from that of someone else, or esp from one's own earlier one, to change one's mind

sing out

  1. To call out distinctly, to shout
  2. To inform, peach (informal)

sing small

To assume a humble tone

tune /tūn/

noun
  1. A melody or air
  2. Melodiousness
  3. Tone
  4. Accurate adjustment in pitch or frequency
  5. Harmonious adjustment (figurative)
  6. Frame of mind, temper
  7. A song (informal)
transitive verb
  1. To adjust the tones of
  2. To put in condition for producing tones in tune
  3. To put in smooth working order
  4. To synchronize
  5. To adjust (a radio, TV, video recorder, etc) so as to produce the optimum response to an incoming signal
  6. To put in accord, bring to a desired state
  7. To begin to play or sing (archaic)
  8. To start the singing of (archaic)
  9. To utter, express or celebrate in music (archaic)
intransitive verb

To give forth musical sound

ORIGIN: A form of tone1

tūnˈable or tuneˈable adjective

  1. Tuneful
  2. In tune

tunˈableness noun

tunˈably adverb

tuned /tūnd/ adjective

tuneˈful adjective

  1. Full of tune
  2. Melodious
  3. Musical

tuneˈfully adverb

tuneˈfulness noun

tuneˈless adjective

  1. Without tune
  2. Not melodious or tuneful
  3. Unmusical
  4. Without sense of tune
  5. Silent (poetic)

tuneˈlessly adverb

tuneˈlessness noun

tunˈer noun

  1. A person who tunes instruments, engines, etc
  2. Someone who makes music, or sings
  3. An apparatus for receiving radio signals
  4. A knob, dial, etc by which a radio or television is adjusted to different wavelengths
  5. In organs, an adjustable flap for altering the pitch of the tone

tunˈing noun

tunˈy adjective (tunˈier; tunˈiest)

Tuneful, esp in a superficial, obvious way

tuner amplifier noun

A piece of hi-fi equipment incorporating a radio receiver and an amplifier which can also be used with a record player, tape deck, etc

tuneˈsmith noun (facetious)

A songwriter or composer of light music

tuning fork noun

A two-pronged instrument giving a sound of known pitch or vibration

tuning key or tuning hammer noun

A key for turning wrest pins

tuning peg or tuning pin noun

A peg on a musical instrument around which the end of a string is wound and by which it is tuned

call the tune see pay the piper under pipe1

change one's tune or sing another tune

To alter one's attitude, or way of talking

in tune

  1. True in pitch
  2. In accord (figurative)

out of tune

  1. Not true in pitch
  2. Not agreeing (figurative)

to the tune of

To the amount of

tune in

To adjust a radio for reception of a specific station, programme, etc (often with to)

tune one's pipes see under pipe1

tune out

  1. To adjust (a radio, etc) so as to eliminate (a sound, frequency, etc)
  2. To ignore

tune up

  1. To put instruments into tune for beginning
  2. Of engines, etc, to (be) put into smooth working order
  3. To begin to perform, strike up (tuneˈ-up noun)
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