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tune

tune
[英] [tju:n] [美] [tun, tjun] 生词本

n.

vt.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：Tune  

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1. N-COUNT 曲调;调子;主旋律 A tune is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember. 

  • She was humming a merry little tune.

    她正哼着一支欢快的小调。

2. N-COUNT 歌曲;短乐曲 You can refer to a song or a short piece of music as a tune . 

  • She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.

    她还将演奏你最喜欢的流行乐曲。

3. VERB 为(乐器)调音 When someone tunes a musical instrument, they adjust it so that it produces the right notes. 

  • 'We do tune our guitars before we go on,' he insisted.

    “我们在演奏以前确实会为吉他调音，”他坚持说道。

  • Tune up means the same as tune.tune up 同 tune

    • Others were quietly tuning up their instruments.

      其他人正静静地为他们的乐器调音。

4. VERB 调试，调整(发动机或机器) When an engine or machine is tuned, it is adjusted so that it works well. 

  • Drivers are urged to make sure that car engines are properly tuned.

    司机们被敦促要确保汽车发动机调试妥当。

  • Tune up means the same as tune .tune up 同 tune

    • The shop charges up to $500 to tune up a Porsche.

      那家店调试一辆保时捷收费高达 500 美元。

5. VERB 调谐;调频道;调台 If your radio or television is tuned to a particular broadcasting station, you are listening to or watching the programmes being broadcast by that station. 

  • A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.

    一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。

6. See also: fine-tune; signature tune; tuning fork;  
7. PHRASE 发号施令;控制;操纵 If you say that a person or organization is calling the tune, you mean that they are in a position of power or control in a particular situation. 

  • Who would then be calling the tune in Parliament?

    那在国会谁说了算？

8. PHRASE 改变调子;变卦;改变态度 If you say that someone has changed their tune, you are criticizing them because they have changed their opinion or way of doing things. 

  • You've changed your tune since this morning, haven't you?...

    你从今天早上就变卦了，是不是？

  • Yesterday he changed his tune, saying the fare increase was experimental.

    昨天他变卦了，说提价只是试行。

9. PHRASE 被…牵着鼻子走;受…的控制 If you say that someone is dancing to someone else's tune, you mean that they are allowing themselves to be controlled by the other person. 

  • The danger of commercialism is that the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors.

    商业主义的危险就是教会最终可能会被大赞助商牵着鼻子走。

10. PHRASE 合调的/走调的;在调子上/不在调子上 A person or musical instrument that is in tune produces exactly the right notes. A person or musical instrument that is out of tune does not produce exactly the right notes. 

  • It was just an ordinary voice, but he sang in tune...

    他声音很一般，但唱得都在调子上。

  • Many of the notes are out of tune...

    很多音都走调了。

  • It's no wonder the piano kept going out of tune.

    难怪钢琴一直不在调上。

11. PHRASE 一致/不一致;赞同/不赞同 If you are in tune with a group of people, you are in agreement or sympathy with them. If you are out of tune with them, you are not in agreement or sympathy with them. 

  • Today, his change of direction seems more in tune with the times...

    今天，他方向的改变似乎更与时代合拍。

  • The peace campaigners were probably out of tune with most Britons.

    和平倡导者可能不被大部分英国人认同。

12. PREP-PHRASE 高达;共计 To the tune of a particular amount of money means to the extent of that amount. 

  • They've been sponsoring the World Cup to the tune of a million and a half pounds.

    他们已经对世界杯提供了高达 150 万英镑的赞助费。

13.   he who pays the piper calls the tune→see: piper; 
相关词组：
tune in  tune out  tune up 
Noun

1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

  • "she was humming an air from Beethoven"

2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch;

  • "he cannot sing in tune"
  • "the clarinet was out of tune"

3. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

Verb

1. adjust for (better) functioning;

  • "tune the engine"

2. of musical instruments;

  • "My piano needs to be tuned"

计算机

  • 1.色彩；调谐
1. A barrel-organ was wheezing out an old tune.
一架手摇风琴正在呼哧呼哧地奏着一首古老的曲子。

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2. As the actors began putting on their makeup,the band struck up a tune.
演员开始化装时，乐队奏起乐曲。

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3. At first he was most dictatorial and aggressive in what he said,but when he realised that he would get nowhere by that means,he began to sing another tune.
起初他的说法十分专横武断，但当他认识到这样做行不通的时候，他就开始改弦易辙了。

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4. Each blows his own bugle and sings his own tune -- each does things in his own way.
各吹各的号，各唱各的调。

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5. He ground out a tune on an organ.
他用风琴弹奏一支曲子。

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6. He hummed the tune to me.
他给我哼唱了这支曲子。

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7. He is playing a tune on his pipe.
他在用笛子吹奏一支曲子。

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8. He played a beautiful tune on the organ.
他用风琴演奏出一支动听的曲子。

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9. He played a nice tune on the flute.
他吹奏了一首优美的笛子曲。

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10. He played the tune on the horn.
他用号吹奏了这首曲子。

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11. He sings another tune.
他改变了态度。

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12. He was humming a tune to himself.
他独自哼着一支曲子。

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13. He was playing an old tune on his flute.
他用笛子吹奏一首老曲子。

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14. He whistled a foreign tune to us.
他为我们吹奏了一首外国曲调。

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15. He'd written a tune, and played it to us on the piano.
他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。

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16. Hearing the tune again sent waves of longing through her.
再次听到那首曲子使她胸中充满了渴望。

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17. Her singing often gets out of tune.
她唱歌爱走调儿。

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18. His ideas are in tune with the times.
他的思想适合时代的潮流。

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19. How long has it been since you've had a mechanic tune this engine?
你已经有多长时间没请汽车修理工调整这台引擎了？

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. I can tune the harpsichord as well as play it.
我会弹奏大键琴，同样地，我也会给大键琴调音。

来自《简明英汉词典》