undertone
英 [ˈʌndətəʊn]
美 [ˈʌndərtoʊn]
n. 蕴涵的感情(或特质、意思); 寓意; 弦外之音
复数:undertones 第三人称单数:undertones
BNC.18589 / COCA.18524
习惯用语
n.
- in an undertonein undertones
- 低声地;小声地
in a quiet voice
牛津词典
noun
- 蕴涵的感情(或特质、意思);寓意;弦外之音
a feeling, quality or meaning that is not expressed directly but is still noticeable from what sb says or does- His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
他温和的话中蕴涵着警告之意。 - The play does not have the political undertones of the novel.
这部戏没有小说的那种政治寓意。
- His soft words contained an undertone of warning.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 低声;悄声
If you say somethinginanundertone, you say it very quietly.- 'What d'you think?' she asked in an undertone...
“你觉得怎么样?”她小声地问道。 - Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate.
衣着光鲜的顾客们边吃边斯文地低声聊着天。
- 'What d'you think?' she asked in an undertone...
- N-COUNT 言下之意;寓意
If something hasundertonesof a particular kind, it suggests ideas or attitudes of this kind without expressing them directly.- The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.
啜泣声中隐隐透着愤怒。 - ...a witty, racy story with surprisingly serious undertones.
诙谐却寓意深刻的荤段子
- The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.
英英释义
noun
- a pale or subdued color
- a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance
- a quiet or hushed tone of voice
- spoke in undertones
双语例句
- 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?” - If you're fair-skinned, go for a shade of dress that is more pink or peach in its undertone.
如果你是浅白肤色,就穿一条底色以粉色或桃红色为主的礼服。 - There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.
他话中有刺。 - 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。 - 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。 - Hung-chien and his wife heard it all very clearly and blushed simultaneously, but could not easily refute it, since wen-wan's question was spoken in an undertone as though not meant for their ears.
鸿渐夫妇全听清了,脸同时发红,可是不便驳答,因为文纨问的声音低得似乎不准备给他们听见。 - Marks a unique air, undertone and attitude towards the life
是一种空间、是一种气息、是一种生活的态度 - Ron told Harry and Hermione in an undertone as they left Percy to it.
他们离开珀西时,罗恩低声对哈利和赫敏说。 - 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。 - 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仟悔。