undertone
['ʌndətəun]
n.低音, 浅色, 底色, 潜在的含义
例句与用法:
There were undertones of relief as the visitors left.
客人走后大家都暗暗松了口气。
n.[C]
1. 低声; 小声
They are talking in undertones.
他们在低声说话。
2. 淡色, 浅色; 底彩
3. 潜在的含义
There is an undertone of regret in what he said.
他的话中带有悔意。
4. 市场的潜在倾向
undertone
名词复数:undertones
词义辨析:
同义:
n.小声; 耳语, 私语
murmur
whisper
同义参见:
connotation
breath
undertone['ʌndətəun]n.1.■低声,小声;柔和的声音2.■浅色,淡色;底彩3.■潜在的特性;潜在倾向;潜流
undertoneundertone[ˈʌndəˌtəun]n.1.■淡色, 浅色, 底色2.■低音, 小声3.■市场的潜在倾向[动向]4.■底香, 传导出的光色after-session undertone落市后市场趋势honey undertone甜蜜底香
noun
- a subdued or muted tone of sound or colour
低音,低声;淡色,柔和色
they were talking in undertones.
他们在低声交谈。
■an underlying quality or feeling
内在性质;(感情的)暗流
the sexual undertones of most advertising.
大多数广告隐含的性内容。
undertone
名词 undertone:
a quiet or hushed tone of voice
a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
同义词:undercurrent
a pale or subdued color
同义词:tinge
undertone
■“I'm in your way, though,” he said to him in an undertone;“let us have a talk about my business, and I'll go away.
“不过,我使你觉得不自在,”他对他轻声地说,“我们同去谈谈一件事儿,谈完之后我就要走了。”
■"Well," she said with the same undertone of contempt that seemed to pull her apart from him.
“好了,”她仍然带着一些鄙夷的语调说,这种语调似乎正在把她从他身边拖走。
■"Just look behind you," he said in an undertone.
“往后瞧瞧,”他悄声说。
■"I expected something like this all along," replied Shang Chung-li in an undertone, slowly stroking his beard and shooting Liu Yu-ying an appraising glance. "That's why I advised you to keep a firm grip on Hsu Man-li."
“我早就料到有这一着,所以我上次劝你耐心笼络曼丽。” 尚仲礼也轻声说,慢慢地捋着胡子,又打量了刘玉英一眼。
■'I must leave now,' he said in an undertone.
“我现在得走了。”他轻声地说。
■"I knew you would be here," answered Pierre. "I'm coming to supper with you," he added in an undertone, not to interrupt the vicomte who was still talking. "Can I?
“我知道您会光临。”皮埃尔答道,“我上您那儿吃夜饭,”他轻声地补充一句话,省得妨碍子爵讲故事,“行吗?
■“I knew you would be here,” answered Pierre. “I'm coming to supper with you,” he added in an undertone, not to interrupt the vicomte who was still talking. “Can I?”
“我知道您会光临。”皮埃尔答道,“我上您那儿吃夜饭,”他轻声地补充一句话,省得妨碍子爵讲故事,“行吗?”
■'I don't think she's been told yet,' he said in an undertone.
“我认为还没有人告诉她呢, ”他低声说道。
■"-" Bush became the current property market undertone.
“观望”成了当前楼市浓重的底色。
■"How delightful this little princess is!" said Prince Vassily in an undertone to Anna Pavlovna.
“这个身材矮小的公爵夫人,是个多么讨人喜欢的人啊!”瓦西里公爵轻言细语地对安娜·帕夫洛夫娜说道。
■Being careful not to wake up the mate, whose room was opposite, I spoke in an undertone.
为了不致吵醒对面房里的大副,我只得低声说话。
■They talk about "The Sleeping Giant".About "The Birth of the New SuperPower" or "The Awakening of the Red Dragon".Often with a strange kind of undertone,which is supposed to frighten us.
他们谈论的“沉睡的巨人”,关于“诞生的新超级大国”或“觉醒的红龙”,往往是一种奇怪的声音,这是为了使我们感到害怕。
■He spoke in an undertone.
他低声说话。
■He turned back to the boy and said in a trusting and secretive undertone: "Let's not pay any attention to him OK?"
他又转向男孩,用一种信任而机密的口气小声说,“咱们别理他,嗯?”
■He simply looked at the sea dully and swore in an undertone
他只是呆呆地注视着海面低声诅咒着。
■He wished them "Good morning" in an awkward hesitating undertone as if he were doubtful how his greetings would be received.
他尴尬地向他们问好,声音很低,又有些犹豫,好象担心他们会不睬他。
■He wished them "Good morning" in an awkward hesitating undertone as if he were doubtful how his greetings would be received
他尴尬地向他们问好,声音很低,又有些犹豫,好象担心他们会不睬他。
■He had a loud voice, but he deliberately muttered in an undertone at the moment.
他本来嗓门挺大,但是此时却故意用了低调。
■His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
他温和的话中蕴涵着警告之意。
■His voice sank down to a steady and reproachful undertone.
他的声音降了下去,变得平稳了,里面还带着点儿责备。
■There is an undertone of regret in what he said.
他的话中带有悔意。
■He replied, laughing but with a undertone of regret.
他笑着答道,不过笑声中带有一丝后悔的味道。
■There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.
他话中有刺。
■And all of them innocents, caught up in the net,' he added in an undertone, for fear that the soldiers might hear him.
他说到“无辜株连”四子,声音压得甚低,生怕给押囚车的官兵听见了。
■But this also carries a demeaning and offensive undertone: that these people are only half-real, they are neither completely Chinese nor actually white.
但它具有贬损和冒犯人的含义:这些人只是一半真实的人,他们既不是完全的中国人也不是真正的白人。
■But, throughout it all, and through the whole discourse, there had been a certain deep, sad undertone of pathos, which could not be interpreted otherwise than as the natural regret of one soon to pass away.
但是,贯穿布道词始终的,一直有某种低沉、哀伤的悲调,使人们只能将其解释为一个即将告别人世的人的自然的忏悔。
■But there is a definite political undertone.
但这里也存在着明确的政治意味。
■It was a low dome of sonorous blue, with an undertone of sultry sulphur-color, because of the smoke that dimmed the air.
低低的深蓝色的穹苍,带着一点儿闷热的硫磺气味,因为空气被烟弄得昏暗了。
■It was a low dome of sonorous blue, with an undertone of sultry sulphur-colour, because of the smoke that dimmed the air.
低低的深蓝色的穹苍,带着一点儿闷热的硫磺气味,因为空气被烟弄得昏暗了。
■speak, murmur, etc in an undertone
低声说话﹑ 低语
■undertone n.
低声;浅色;
■Typical of the Kashmir colour is a pure, intense blue with a very subtle violet undertone, which is intensified yet more by a fine, silky shine.
克什米尔蓝宝石的颜色是呈矢车菊的蓝色,也就是微带紫的靛蓝色。典型的克什米尔蓝宝石,其纯净且浓艳的蓝色。
■Cool skin types have a blue undertone in their skin.
冷色的肤色有蓝色的基调。
■Reports of renewed soviet enquiry for up to one million tones of community grain added to the steadier undertone.
前苏联重新问津欧共体高达100万吨谷类的报,助长了较坚稳的市场动向。
■Village sets of furniture to the general style of the purchase, control and appropriately based undertone particularly prominent.
加上乡村家具一般以套系风格购买,基础底色的控制和适度尤其突出。
■There is also a suspicion that Chuan Ying Lou seems to carry an erotic undertone--does it in any way reflect my romances?
又怀疑着这钏影楼三字,好像是个香艳的名词,有没有我的什么罗曼史在里面?
■carbon black undertone of titanium dioxide;
名称 二氧化钛炭黑法底色;
■Roy:So, what, placing a classified ad didn't have the right undertone of personal violation for you?
噢,难道说贴个分类广告会违背你内心潜在的叛逆感么?
■The noise occultation was significant, and the undertone was the easiest one to be occulted.
噪音对信号的掩蔽作用显著,其中低音最易被掩蔽。
■The king went on to himself in an undertone.
国王随后又轻轻地自言自语。
■On a broader scale, we sense that this undertone of frustration has significant political implications, for it cuts across ages, generations, races, and political and economic groups.
在个人的层次上,学生、家长和关心学生的老师都感觉到一种基本的承诺并没有被信守。
■Caught in the undertone, just caught in the undertone
在小声中发现,就在小声中发现
■perseverance is the undertone players in the field he found his fanaticism and more unusual perseverance.
坚韧不拔是陈智的底色,在他认定的领域里,他狂热而超乎寻常的坚毅。
■The Methods and Significance of Undertone Training in Vocal Music Teaching
声乐教学中的小声训练方法及其意义
■Big sofa is not blue, striped with dark red undertone small Suihua design, providing a square-side tables, most occupied indoor area.
大沙发是不耀眼的深红底色上有条纹与小碎花的图案,配上方形大茶几,占据了室内大部分面积。
■She seized Fanny with maternal fierceness and eagerness, and uttered some rapid abuse to the girl in an undertone
她带着做母亲的严厉和焦急,抓住芬妮,压低了嗓音,连声责备女儿。
■She wrote often, and this was noticed. It began to be said in an undertone, in the women's workroom, that Fantine "wrote letters" and that "she had ways about her.
她时常寄信。这就引起旁人的注意。在女车间里,大家开始叽叽喳喳谈论起来了,说芳汀“天天寄信”,说她有一些“怪举动”。
■"She caught the low undertone, as of the wind sinking down to repose itself;
如今她聆听着那低低的音调,犹如大风缓吹,逐渐平患一般;
■Now she caught the low undertone, as of the wind sinking down to repose itself;
如今她聆听着那低低的音调,犹如大风缓吹,逐渐平缓一般;
■She can always smell it, a hollow undertone of potions and hopelessness.
它总是挥之不去,满是魔药的余味和绝望。