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overtone

英 ['əʊvətəʊn] 美 ['ovɚ'ton]

n. [声] 泛音；暗示，寓意；弦外之音

低频词

助记提示

1、over- "above, outer" + tone.

中文词源

overtone 言外之意

over-,超过，过度，tone,语调。比喻用法。

英文词源

overtone (n.): 1867, in literal sense, from over + tone (n.); a loan-translation of German Oberton, first used by German physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894) as a contraction of Overpartialton "upper partial tone." Figurative sense of "subtle implication" is from 1890, first attested in writings of William James.

双语例句

1. The string is said to be vibrating in its first overtone mode.: 这根弦可说成是在它的第一泛音调式振动.

2. Chenran's novella Nowhere to say goodbye showed sharp existentialism philosophy overtone.: 陈染的中篇小说《无处告别》表现出一股鲜明的存在主义哲学色彩.

3. Yourself your god, your star, Fate's overtone.: 你是自己的上帝, 自己的星宿, 命运的回音.

4. Base band and overtone will be generated at the same string of stringed instrument oscillate.: 弦乐器琴弦的振动中包含基频与泛频,在一定位置上可抑制掉某些频率,便会出现演艺界定义的“泛音”效果.

5. A dry full - flavored wine with spicy aromas overtone of elder , black currant, vanilla, almond.: 多菲德是全干口味浓厚,极具香味.深红色, 带有浓郁香草, 扁桃仁味道的干红葡萄酒.