tritone

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/    美 /ˈtɹaɪˌtoʊn/|[ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷaɪˌtʰoʊ̯n]|[ˈt̠͡ʃɹ̠̊˔ʷäɪˌtʰoʊ̯n]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An interval of three whole tones.
    — Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth
  2. A picture printed in three shades.
    — In Photoshop’s Duotone mode you can create monotones, duotones, tritones, and quadtones—grayscale images to which you add one, two, three, or four colors.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having three tones. not-comparable
    — The first cotume^([sic]) in which Mrs. Earle appeared was a tritone dress of crepe, with a brown velour cloche and brown calf sling pumps.

词形变化

tritones plural tritones plural tri-tone alternative tri-tone alternative

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- + tone.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tréyes
Proto-Indo-European *tri-
Proto-Italic *tri-
Latin tri-der.
English tri-
English tone
English tritone
From tri- + tone.
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