| 词汇 | off-key |
| 释义 | off-key adverb uk /ˌɒfˈkiː/ us /ˌɑːfˈkiː/ music specialized If you sing or play music off-key, you produce notes that are slightly higher or lower than they should be: （唱歌或演奏音乐）跑调，走调，音调不准 He sang painfully off-key. Almost every song was pitched uncomfortably high, and she often fell off-key. When the choir start to go slightly off-key, she has simple solutions to get them back on track. The music occasionally slipped a little off-key, but it was still a heartfelt and memorable duet. The pianist was playing off-key. Notes of the musical scale B, b blue note C, c D, d doh flat la lah major mi middle C minor natural re register run semitone soh sol sol-fa off-key adjective music specializeduk /ˌɒfˈkiː/ us /ˌɑːfˈkiː/ If a note is off-key, it is played or sung slightly higher or lower than it should be: She was whistling an off-key tune. They were ridiculed for their off-key singing throughout the show. He accompanied them in an off-key baritone. She sang intentionally off-key renditions of '70s and '80s love songs to entertain us. Auto-Tune commonly is used to correct the pitch of off-key vocals. Notes of the musical scale B, b blue note C, c D, d doh flat la lah major mi middle C minor natural re register run semitone soh sol sol-fa off-key | American Dictionaryoff-key adverb us/ˈɔfˈki/ singing the wrong notes: He was singing off-key, and it was painful to hear. Examples of off-keyoff-key The overall sound seems to pay homage to the sound of an off-key circus calliope. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For example, if a vocalist sings off-key, a critic may state that as an issue in the show, but may not identify the vocalist. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was rejected from his middle school's choir because they claimed he was off-key and too withdrawn. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her performance gained her rave reviews, even though she said in a later interview that it was slightly off-key. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Jemini admitted that their performance was off-key, and claimed they were unable to hear the backing track due to a technical fault. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was originally intended to disguise or correct off-key inaccuracies, allowing vocal tracks to be perfectly tuned despite originally being slightly off-key. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The players themselves chose to sing the anthem, badly off-key, an image that has since become an iconic moment in the junior program's history. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Video clips of the bizarre, off-key farewell performance circulated on internet video sites. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While still better than their previous ones, the arrangements are often ragged, fashionably monotonous and off-key. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Her vocals were described variously as badly off-key, strikingly bad and incredibly wretched. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sections of this short piece are way off-key, but its spirit maintains its entertainment value. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She sings in a low, whispery voice and hits many off-key notes throughout the album, which makes a listener cringe. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The singing is intentionally off-key, almost parodic, and the songs... well, they sound more like improvised snippets than actual compositions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Normally in shows, they would show up in womens clothing to entertain victims of earthquakes and typhoons and sing off-key in poetry readings. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In terms of music, denpa songs often feature repetitive chants or off-key singing alongside a catchy melody, and intentionally give an over-the-top or excess feeling. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of off-key These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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