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tune

美音:[tu:n ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[tu:n ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
n.曲调,调子,和谐,合调 vt.调音,调整,拨收,收听,知道或察觉他人所说的话或表现的情绪

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动词过去式:tuned 过去分词:tuned 现在分词:tuning 第三人称单数:tunes

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tune


/tju:n; [US] tu:n; tun/
n
1 [C, U] (series of notes with or without harmony forming a) melody, esp a well-marked one 曲调, 曲子(尤指有明显旋律的)
*whistle a catchy tune 用口哨吹一支很顺口的曲子
* hymn tunes 赞美诗曲调
* He gave us a tune on his fiddle. 他用小提琴给我们奏了一个曲子.
* Modern music has no tune to it. 现代音乐毫无旋律可言.
2 (idm 习语) call the shots/the tune => call2. change one's tune => change1. dance to sb's tune => dance2. he who pays the piper calls the tune => pay2. ,in/,out of `tune (with sb/sth)
(a) at/not at the correct musical pitch 音高或调子正确[不正确]
*The violin is not quite in tune with the piano. 这小提琴跟钢琴的调子不太和谐.
* The choir was (singing) distinctly out of tune in places. 合唱团有些地方明显(唱)走调了.
(b) (fig比喻) in/not in agreement or emotional harmony 协调[不协调]; 融洽[不融洽]
*feel out of tune with one's surroundings, companions 感到与环境、同伴格格不入. sing a different song/tune => sing. to the tune of sth
(a) using the melody of sth 用某曲调
*We sang these lines to the tune of Yankee Doodle. 我们用扬基歌的曲调唱这几句歌词.
(b) (infml 口) to the (esp considerable) sum or amount of sth 达到某一(尤指可观的)总数
*He was fined for speeding to the tune of 200. 他因超速行车被罚款达
200 英镑.

v
1 [Tn] adjust (a musical instrument or note) to the correct pitch 为(乐器)调音; 调(音)
*tune a guitar 为吉他调弦.
2 [Tn] adjust (an engine, etc) so that it runs smoothly and efficiently 调整(发动机等)(使之运转正常).
3 (idm 习语) (be) tuned (in) to sth (of a radio, etc) adjusted to receive a certain programme(指收音机等)调整频率等以接收某一节目
*Stay tuned to us for the latest sports results. 请继续收听我们播放的最新比赛结果.
* You're not properly tuned in. 你没有把收音机调准.
4 (phr v) tune in (to sth) adjust the controls of a radio, TV, etc so that it receives a certain programme (调整收音机、电视机等的频率、频道等)收听或收看某一节目
*tune in to the BBC World Service 收看英国广播公司的对外广播节目
* Tune in next week at the same time! 请在下周同一时间继续收听! tune sb in to sth (usu passive 通常用于被动语态) make sb sympathetically aware of (other people's thoughts and feelings, etc) 使某人理解或体谅(他人的思想及感情等)
*Voters always elect the candidate most tuned in to their needs. 选民总是选那些最能体察其疾苦的候选人. tune (sth) up adjust (musical instruments) so that they can play together in tune 调整(乐器)使合调
*The orchestra were tuning up as we entered the hall. 我们进入大厅时, 管弦乐队正在调音.
1. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake.
    当他开始吹奏曲子时,我们才一眼瞥见那条蛇。

2. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake.
    当他开始吹奏一支曲子时,我们才第一次看到那条蛇。

3. He gave us a tune on his fiddle.
    他用小提琴给我们奏了一个曲子.

4. He who pays the piper, calls the tune.2
    谁负担费用,谁加以控制。

5. "But scarcely did I awake when away flew the tune and I could not recall any part of it."
    "可我一醒来,那首曲子便无影无踪了,我怎么也记不起来了。

6. "The music seems out of tune to our Western ears, but it has charm.
    "我们西方人听起来这首乐曲似乎变调了,但还是挺有魅力的,

7. She was humming a tune to herself.
    她自个儿哼着小调。

8. In a letter to a friend in 1821, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote about thinking of a beautiful tune while half asleep in a carriage:
    1821年,路德维格·范·贝多芬在一封给朋友的信中谈到他在马车上打盹时想到了一首美妙的曲子的情形,

9. Fortunately, for Beethoven and for us, the next day in the same carriage, the tune returned to him and he captured it in writing.
    "好在当贝多芬第二天乘坐同一辆马车时,那首曲子又回到了他的脑子里,于是他把它记录了下来,这对于贝多芬和我们都可谓是一件幸事。

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