undertone
n. 低音；浅色；小声；潜在的含意
n.
低调；低声地；淡色；潜在的感情
变形
复数：undertones
英英释义
undertone[ 'ʌndətəun ]
n.
a quiet or hushed tone of voice
"spoke in undertones"
a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning
同义词：undercurrent
a pale or subdued color
同义词：tinge
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
There were undertones of relief as the visitors left.
客人走后大家都暗暗松了口气。
He simply looked at the sea dully and swore in an undertone.
他只是呆呆地注视着海面低声诅咒着。
Warm skin types have a yellow undertone in their skin.
暖色的肤色有黄色的基调。
The discharge printing process using reactive dyes to dye the ground shade and to discharge the undertone was discussed.
探讨了棉织物以活性染料染底色,仍以活性染料印花入色的拔染印花工艺。
There is an undertone of regret in what he said.
他的话中带有悔意。
There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.
他话中有刺。
权威例句
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undertone (n.)
1762, "low or subdued tone," from under + tone (n.). Figurative sense of "undercurrent of feelings, etc.," is attested from 1861.
1. Being careful not to wake up the mate, whose room was opposite, I spoke in an undertone.
为了不致吵醒对面房里的大副，我只得低声说话。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. Mrs. Fisher added in an undertone to Selden.
费雪太太小声对赛尔登说。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. "Just look behind you," he said in an undertone.
“往后瞧瞧，”他悄声说。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. It was a low dome of sonorous blue, with an undertone of sultry sulphur-colour, because of the smoke that dimmed the air.
低低的深蓝色的穹苍，带着一点儿闷热的硫磺气味，因为空气被烟弄得昏暗了。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. There is an undertone of regret in what he said.
他的话中带有悔意。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. She seized Fanny with maternal fierceness and eagerness, and uttered some rapid abuse to the girl in an undertone.
她带着做母亲的严厉和焦急，抓住芬妮，压低了嗓音，连声责备女儿。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.
他话中有刺。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. The king went on to himself in an undertone.
国王随后又轻轻地自言自语。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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