2N-COUNT 歌曲;短乐曲 You can refer to a song or a short piece of music as a tune . 歌曲;短乐曲
She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.
她还将演奏你最喜欢的流行乐曲。
3VERB 为(乐器)调音 When someone tunes a musical instrument, they adjust it so that it produces the right notes. 为(乐器)调音
'We do tune our guitars before we go on,' he insisted. [VERB noun]
“我们在演奏以前确实会为吉他调音,”他坚持说道。
Tune up means the same as tune.tune up 同 tune
Others were quietly tuning up their instruments.
其他人正静静地为他们的乐器调音。
4VERB [usually passive]调试,调整(发动机或机器) When an engine or machine is tuned, it is adjusted so that it works well. 调试,调整(发动机或机器)
Drivers are urged to make sure that car engines are properly tuned. [beVERB-ed]
司机们被敦促要确保汽车发动机调试妥当。
Tune up means the same as tune .tune up 同 tune
The shop charges up to $500 to tune up a Porsche.
那家店调试一辆保时捷收费高达 500 美元。
5VERB [usually passive]调谐;调频道;调台 If your radio or television is tuned to a particular broadcasting station, you are listening to or watching the programmes being broadcast by that station. 调谐;调频道;调台
A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera. [beVERB-ed + to]
7PHRASE 发号施令;控制;操纵 If you say that a person or organization is calling the tune, you mean that they are in a position of power or control in a particular situation. 发号施令;控制;操纵
8PHRASE 改变调子;变卦;改变态度 If you say that someone has changed their tune, you are criticizing them because they have changed their opinion or way of doing things. 改变调子;变卦;改变态度 [disapproval]
You've changed your tune since this morning, haven't you?.
你从今天早上就变卦了,是不是?
Yesterday he changed his tune, saying the fare increase was experimental.
昨天他变卦了,说提价只是试行。
SYN change your attitude, reconsider, think again, change your mind
9PHRASE 被…牵着鼻子走;受…的控制 If you say that someone is dancing to someone else's tune, you mean that they are allowing themselves to be controlled by the other person. 被…牵着鼻子走;受…的控制 [disapproval]
The danger of commercialism is that the churches end up dancing to the tune of their big business sponsors.
商业主义的危险就是教会最终可能会被大赞助商牵着鼻子走。
10PHRASE 合调的/走调的;在调子上/不在调子上 A person or musical instrument that is in tune produces exactly the right notes. A person or musical instrument that is out of tune does not produce exactly the right notes. 合调的/走调的;在调子上/不在调子上
It was just an ordinary voice, but he sang in tune.
他声音很一般,但唱得都在调子上。
Many of the notes are out of tune.
很多音都走调了。
It's no wonder the piano kept going out of tune.
难怪钢琴一直不在调上。
11PHRASE 一致/不一致;赞同/不赞同 If you are in tune with a group of people, you are in agreement or sympathy with them. If you are out of tune with them, you are not in agreement or sympathy with them. 一致/不一致;赞同/不赞同
Today, his change of direction seems more in tune with the times.
今天,他方向的改变似乎更与时代合拍。
The peace campaigners were probably out of tune with most Britons.
和平倡导者可能不被大部分英国人认同。
12PREP-PHRASE 高达;共计To the tune of a particular amount of money means to the extent of that amount. 高达;共计
They've been sponsoring the World Cup to the tune of a million and a half pounds.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + TUNE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤little小曲◇He hummed a little tune as he washed the dishes.他洗盤子時哼着小曲。➤good, great, nice好聽的旋律▸➤happy, jaunty, lively, merry, upbeat, uplifting快樂的/輕鬆活潑的/輕快的/歡樂的/歡快的/令人振奮的曲子➤haunting, melancholy, sad縈繞耳邊的/憂鬱的/悲傷的曲調▸➤classic, familiar, favourite/favorite, old, popular, traditional, well-known古典的/熟悉的/最喜愛的/古老的/流行的/傳統的/著名的曲調◇a collection of classic tunes一套經典樂曲合集➤catchy (informal) , memorable容易上口的/難忘的曲調▸➤dance, show舞曲;(音樂劇中的)流行曲調➤folk, jazz, pop, etc.民歌、爵士樂、流行曲調等◇an old jazz tune一首昔日的爵士樂曲➤hymn讚美詩樂曲▸➤signature, theme (especially BrE) (特定廣播、電視節目等的)信號曲;主題曲VERB + TUNE➤hum, play (sb), sing, whistle哼曲調;(為某人)演奏曲調;唱曲;用口哨吹曲調◇He softly hummed the tune to himself.他自顧自地輕聲哼着曲子。◇She played us a tune on the piano.她用鋼琴給我們彈奏了一首曲子。➤spin (informal) 放曲子(唱片)◇DJs spinning the coolest tunes播放最酷曲目的流行音樂節目主持人➤hum along with, sing along with和着曲子一起哼;和着曲子一起唱▸➤compose, write作曲▸➤pick out憑記憶一個音一個音地彈奏曲調◇The kids were picking out a tune on the old piano.孩子們在舊鋼琴上一個音一個音地彈奏一首樂曲。➤carry, hold合調;不跑調◇He wasn't allowed in the choir because he couldn't hold a tune.他沒能進唱詩班,因為他唱歌時走調。PHRASES➤to the tune of sth按照⋯的曲調◇The crowd were singing 'Give us jobs!' to the tune of 'Happy Birthday'.人們用《祝你生日快樂》的曲調唱着“給我們工作!”tune
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1adjust an engine, a machine, etc.調引擎、機器等ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤perfectly, precisely完美地/精確地調整➤carefully, properly仔細地/適當地調整PREPOSITION➤to調到⋯PHRASES➤finely tuned, highly tuned經精確調整的◇a finely tuned engine經精確調整的發動機tune
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2adjust a TV, radio, etc.調電視、收音機等ADVERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤permanently固定地調(到)◇His radio was permanently tuned to Radio KVB.他的收音機始終調在 KVB 廣播電台。➤automatically自動調整◇Most phones will automatically tune to the strongest network signal.大多數電話會自動調整到最強的網絡信號。➤regularly定期調整◇Ten million people regularly tune in to see his show.上千萬人定期收看他的表演。➤in收聽;收看◇Don't forget to tune in to our special news coverage this evening.不要忘了收看今晚我們的特別新聞報道。PREPOSITION➤for, into調到⋯◇200 000 people tune into the station each week.每星期有 20 萬人收聽這家電台的節目。➤to調到⋯◇I tuned to the BBC for the late news.我調到英國廣播電台收聽晚間新聞。PHRASES➤badly tuned沒有調諧好的◇He heard everything through a screen of interference, like on a badly tuned radio.屏幕受到干擾,他收看節目時聽到各種聲音,就像收聽沒調好的收音機一樣。➤stay tuned稍後請繼續收聽◇Stay tuned for the news.稍後請繼續收聽本台新聞。