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undertone

英 ['ʌndətəʊn] 美['ʌndɚton]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词whisper

n. 低音；浅色；小声；潜在的含意

词态变化

复数: undertones;

英英释意

1. a quiet or hushed tone of voice;: "spoke in undertones"

2. subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

3. a pale or subdued color

英文词源

undertone (n.): 1762, "low or subdued tone," from under + tone (n.). Figurative sense of "undercurrent of feelings, etc.," is attested from 1861.

实用场景例句

"What d'you think?" she asked in an undertone.: “你觉得怎么样？”她小声地问道。

The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.: 啜泣声中隐隐透着愤怒。

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 was an undertone of bitterness in his words.: 他话中有刺.

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 is an undertone of regret in what he said.: 他的话中带有悔意.

The king went on to himself in an undertone.: 国王随后又轻轻地自言自语.

She felt the undertone - the real significance.: 她听得出这言外的意义 —— 真正的意义.

It was this profound and continual undertone that gave the clergyman his most appropriate power.: 牧师正是靠了这种深邃而持续的低沉语调而获得了恰到好处的力量.

He still spoke in an undertone , but enunciated each word clearly and carefully.: 他这话仍旧很低声, 但一字一句非常清楚.

I love this scent. It has a powdery undertone.: 是一款清新、花果味香水.

There was an undertone of happiness on her smiling face.: 她的笑脸流露出幸福.

She can always smell undertone of potions and hopelessness.: 它总是挥之不去,满是魔药的余味和绝望.

The young director filmed this story in a bittersweet undertone , playing with fictional and documentary codes.: 年轻的导演以一种苦乐参半的语调讲述了这个故事, 虚构与纪实的因素穿插其间.