| 词汇 | overtone |
| 释义 | overtone noun[ C ] uk /ˈəʊ.və.təʊn/ us /ˈoʊ.vɚ.toʊn/ [ usually plural ] something that is suggested, but is not clearly stated: 暗示;弦外之音，言外之意 The concert was supposed to be a charity event but it had strong political overtones.这场音乐会原是为慈善事业筹款的，但却带有浓厚的政治色彩。 There was an overtone of regret in his farewell speech.他的告别演说中流露出遗憾之意。 Suggestions & proposals about bounce something off someone can't co-sponsor co-sponsorship drop imply make noisesidiom maybe move mover nomination on the tableidiom proposition put ideas into someone's headidiom put someone to somethingidiom put something in put something up resubmission table physics, music specialized a frequency of a sound that is higher than the fundamental(= the lowest normal frequency)泛音 Technical music terms acciaccatura accidental aeolian aleatory alto clef antiphonal discordant harmonic harmonic progression harmony hemidemisemiquaver inversion ritardando rubato scherzando scordatura secco recitative staccato voice part whole step overtone | American Dictionaryovertone noun[ Cusually pl ] us/ˈoʊ·vərˌtoʊn/ a quality, attitude, or emotion that is suggested in addition to what is stated: His music has been called R&B with jazz overtones. Examples of overtoneovertone The way in which the pupils view their peers has powerful overtones. As already indicated, there can be several types of passive, or of antipassive, in a given language, with distinct semantic overtones. Villagers reported only one such incident; but this appears to have political overtones. Global sound resonance occurs at multiple frequencies (fundamental and overtones) depending on sound speed (cortico-cortical axons propagation speed) and hall size and shape. I shall offer no apology for the hagiographic overtones of the preceding two paragraphs of this review. We know that it can only oscillate at frequencies which correspond to the fundamental note and its overtones. Similarly, nationalism with its symbols of family, common blood and origins has profound overtones for the individual psyche. As a word, it implies a subjective/distorted view with clear psychological overtones, although its meaning has been open to varied interpretation. More difficult concepts with subjective overtones can be illuminated with the spotlight of science fiction. The fact that these overtones contribute to the propositions expressed in the above examples, does not entail that they are encoded. Words with ideological overtones undoubtedly indicate that the participant is conversant with politics, but it does not mean that he adheres to a fully-fledged ideology. They likewise acquired distinctively civic overtones as cathedral clerics employed them in honour of local patron saints. At the same time the tuna sandwich was a cultural artifact with evocative overtones of gender distinction. The desire to see beauty, convenience, and harmonic proportion in the universe had clear religious overtones. Likewise, the ' illustrious ladies ' genre could carry political overtones. See all examples of overtone 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. Collocations withovertoneovertoneThese are words often used in combination with overtone. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. moral overtone There is a slight moral overtone in the report, suggesting that single parent families are somehow deficient. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English overtone series Here begins the 'acoustic chorale', a sequence of six- or seven-pitch chords imbued with intervallic allusions to the acoustic overtone series. political overtone To do that is almost impossible, for there is practically no subject which has not in its true sense a politicalovertone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. See all collocations with overtone |
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