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单词 change one's tune
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change /chānj/

transitive verb
  1. To alter or make different
  2. To give or receive for another or for an equivalent
  3. To cause to move or to pass from one state to another
  4. To exchange or replace
intransitive verb
  1. To undergo change
  2. To change one's clothes
  3. To transfer from (one bus, train, etc) to another
noun
  1. The act of changing
  2. Alteration or variation of any kind
  3. Exchange (archaic)
  4. Fickleness (archaic)
  5. A shift
  6. Variety
  7. Money given for money of a different kind, or in adjustment of a payment
  8. Coins of low value (collectively)
  9. Satisfaction (informal)
  10. An exchange (now usu 'change)
  11. Any of the various orders in which a peal of bells can be rung
ORIGIN: Fr changer, from L cambīre to barter

changeabilˈity or changeˈableness noun

  1. Fickleness
  2. The power of being changed

changeˈable adjective

  1. Subject or prone to change
  2. Fickle
  3. Inconstant
  4. Able to or capable of change
  5. Showing variation of colour

changeˈably adverb

changeˈful adjective

  1. Full of change
  2. Changeable

changeˈfully adverb

changeˈfulness noun

changeˈless adjective

  1. Without change
  2. Constant

changeˈlessly adverb

changeˈlessness noun

changeˈling noun

  1. A surreptitious substitute
  2. A child substituted for another, esp one supposed to be left by the fairies
  3. Hence, an undersized crabbed child
  4. A half-witted person (archaic)
  5. A person apt to change (archaic)

chāngˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that changes the form of anything
  2. A person employed in changing or discounting money (obsolete)

changeˈ-house noun (Scot)

A small inn or alehouse

changeˈover noun

  1. Transition to a new system, position or condition
  2. The act or process of passing over, exchanging or transferring from one to another

change point noun (surveying)

A staff station to which two sights are taken, a foresight and a backsight (also called turning point)

change-ringing see ring the changes below.

changeˈ-up noun (baseball)

A slower pitch, thrown to deceive the batter

changˈing-piece noun (Shakespeare)

A fickle person

changing room noun

A room or cubicle set aside for the use of people changing clothes

change colour

To blush or turn pale

change down (motoring)

To change to a lower gear

change face (surveying)

To rotate a theodolite telescope about its horizontal axis so as to change the sighting from left to right or vice versa

change front (military)

  1. To change the direction of fire of (troops, artillery, etc)
  2. To alter one's opinion

change gear

  1. To select a higher or lower gear (motoring)
  2. To increase or decrease the pace of activity (figurative)

change hands

To be transferred from one owner to another

change of air

A different climate or environment (also figurative)

change of heart

A change of attitude, viewpoint or opinion, often resulting in the reversal of a decision

change of life

The time of a woman's life at which menstruation is about to cease, the menopause

change of state (physics)

Any change in the state of matter, eg from solid to liquid, liquid to gas, etc

change oneself (now only Scot)

To change one's clothes

change one's mind

To form a different opinion

change one's tune

  1. To change one's attitudes or opinions
  2. To change one's manner of speaking

change over

  1. To change from one system, position, or attitude to another
  2. To exchange or transfer

change up (motoring)

To change to a higher gear

get no change out of (informal)

To be unsuccessful in attempts to obtain concessions, information, co-operation, etc from (a person or organization)

put the change on (old and dialect)

To delude or trick

ring the changes

  1. To go through all the possible permutations in ringing a peal of bells (changeˈ-ringing noun)
  2. To perform a repeated action or actions in varying ways, order, etc

small change

  1. (collectively) coins of low value
  2. A petty thing (informal)

the change same as change of life above.

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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