off-key
英 美['ɔfki]
- adj. 不和谐的；走音的；不恰当的
英英释意
- 1. inaccurate in pitch;
- "a false (or sour) note"
- "her singing was off key"
英文词源
- off-key (adj.)
- 1920, from off (adv.) + musical sense of key (n.1). Figurative sense is from 1943.
实用场景例句
- Moe was having fun banging the drums and singing off-key.
- 莫自得其乐地一边敲着鼓，一边不成调地唱着歌。
柯林斯例句
- No, no, no. This won't do. Someone is off-key.
- 不，不，不，这怎么行，有人唱走调了。
柯林斯例句
- Some of his remarks were very off-key.
- 他有些话说得很不得体。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Don't butcher that song by singing off key.
- 别唱走调而糟蹋了那首歌.
辞典例句
- But when he started whistling off - key, I'd had enough.
- 但是,当他开始吹口哨了钥匙, 我受够了.
互联网
- She spent hours playing her old, off - key piano.
- 她许多时候都在弹她那架又旧变调的钢琴.
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- When John told jokes at the funeral, every one thought his action was off - key .
- 约翰在葬礼上讲笑话, 大家都觉得他的行为出了 格儿.
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- We sang carols in loud , off - key voices, saved only by that amazing soprano.
- 我们大家用走了调的嗓子高声唱着圣诞颂歌, 除了那动人心魄的女高音.
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- When George told jokes at the funeral, every one thought his action was off - key.
- 乔治在追悼会上说笑话, 大家都认为他太不识大体了.
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