undertone

英[ˈʌndətəʊn]
美[ˈʌndərtoʊn]

基本释义

n.
低调; 低声地; 淡色; 潜在的感情

词性变化

实用例句

"What d'you think?" she asked in an undertone.

“你觉得怎么样?”她小声地问道。

柯林斯例句

The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger.

啜泣声中隐隐透着愤怒。

柯林斯例句

His soft words contained an undertone of warning.

他温和的话中蕴涵着警告之意。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

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.

辞典例句

There was an undertone of bitterness in his words.

他话中有刺.

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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.

辞典例句

There is an undertone of regret in what he said.

他的话中带有悔意.

辞典例句

The king went on to himself in an undertone.

国王随后又轻轻地自言自语.

辞典例句

She felt the undertone - the real significance.

她听得出这言外的意义 —— 真正的意义.

辞典例句

It was this profound and continual undertone that gave the clergyman his most appropriate power.

牧师正是靠了这种深邃而持续的低沉语调而获得了恰到好处的力量.

英汉文学 - 红字

He still spoke in an undertone , but enunciated each word clearly and carefully.

他这话仍旧很低声, 但一字一句非常清楚.

子夜部分

I love this scent. It has a powdery undertone.

是一款清新、花果味香水.

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There was an undertone of happiness on her smiling face.

她的笑脸流露出幸福.

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She can always smell undertone of potions and hopelessness.

它总是挥之不去,满是魔药的余味和绝望.

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The young director filmed this story in a bittersweet undertone , playing with fictional and documentary codes.

年轻的导演以一种苦乐参半的语调讲述了这个故事, 虚构与纪实的因素穿插其间.

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英英释义

Noun
  • 1. a quiet or hushed tone of voice;

    "spoke in undertones"

  • 2. subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

  • 3. a pale or subdued color

同义词

n.小声;耳语,私语

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