tune

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A melody. countable,uncountable
    — Eric played a catchy tune on his acoustic guitar and Alyssa played the drums.
  2. A song, or short musical composition. countable,uncountable
  3. The act of tuning or maintenance. countable,informal,uncountable
    — Your engine needs a good tune.
  4. The state or condition of being correctly tuned. countable,uncountable
    — Your engine is now in tune.
  5. Temper; frame of mind. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  6. A sound; a note; a tone. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Pray you now, if it may the ſtand with the tune of your voices, that I may bee Conſull, I haue heere the Cuſtomarie Gowne.
  7. Order; harmony; concord. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he […] is dragged unwillingly to [his task].
动词 v.
  1. To adjust (a musical instrument) so that it produces the correct pitches.
    — to tune a piano or a violin
  2. To adjust or modify (especially a mechanical or electrical device) so that it functions optimally.
    — Tuning the engine gave me an extra twenty horsepower.
  3. To adjust the frequency on a radio or TV set, so as to receive the desired channel.
    — Tune to Channel 6 for all your favourite daytime shows.
  4. Of faculties, senses, etc.: to adapt to or direct towards a particular target.
    — My ears were tuned to the sounds of the forest.
  5. To make more precise, intense, or effective; to put into a proper state or disposition.
    — [H]ee hath incurred the euerlaſting diſpleaſure of the King, who had euen tun'd his bounty to ſing happineſſe to him.
  6. To attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious.
    — For now to ſorrow must I tune my ſong, / And ſet my Harpe to notes of ſaddeſt wo, […]
  7. To give a certain tone or character to. transitive
  8. To set (lyrics) to music. transitive
    — Ginsberg sang some poems from William Blake which he had "tuned".
  9. To sing with melody or harmony. obsolete
    — To ſee great Hercules whipping a Gigge, / And profound Sallomon to tune a Iigge.
  10. To be impudent towards; to cheek. South-Africa,slang,transitive
    — Are you tuning me?
  11. to adjust the parameters of singing voice synthesis software such as VOCALOID (in order to achieve certain singing techniques, increase the human quality of the voice, etc.) slang
    — […] Those who are highly skilled in manipulating the Vocaloid technology—e.g., tuning Miku's singing voices—arrange existing[…]
感叹词 intj.
  1. Used to show appreciation or approval of a song. UK,slang
    — You heard the new Rizzle Kicks song? — Tune!

词形变化

tunes plural toon alternative toon alternative tunes present,singular,third-person tuning participle,present tuned participle,past tuned past toon alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
tone attune

词源

词源 1
From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
词源 2
From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
词源 3
From Middle English tune, an unexplained variant of tone, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “a tone”). Doublet of tone, ton, and tonus.
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