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词汇 tonic
释义 tonic
noun
uk /ˈtɒn.ɪk/ us /ˈtɑː.nɪk/

tonicnoun (MEDICINE)


[ C ]
a liquid medicine that has the general effect of making you feel better rather than treating a particular health problem that you might have滋补剂
[ S ]informal
something that makes you feel stronger or happier: 使人为之一振的事物
The magazine is lively and interesting - the pictures alone are a tonic.这本杂志生动有趣——光这些图片就很有视觉冲击力。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Medicine in different forms
bactericidal
biopharmaceutical
blister pack
bolus
booster
Caplet
HRT
medication
ointment
palliative
pill
potion
prescription
radiation therapy
recommended dose
remedy
RT
scrip
syringe
topically

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Making things better

tonicnoun (DRINK)


[ C or U ](alsotonic water)
carbonated (= with bubbles) water with a bitter taste that can be drunk on its own or added to alcoholic drinks: 奎宁水(有气饮料,味苦,可单独饮用,也可加到酒中饮用)
Two gin and tonics, please.请来两份杜松子酒加奎宁汽水。
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Soft drinks
apple juice
Arnold Palmer
bitter lemon
blackcurrant
boba
cream soda
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energy drink
frappé
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non-alcoholic
noncola
OJ
orange juice
slimline
soda pop
soda water
soft drink
Vichy water

tonicnoun (MUSIC)


[ Cusually singular ] music specialized
the first note in a diatonic scale(= a musical scale that is either major or minor), which describes the key of a piece of music:
In the key of C, C is the tonic - the tonic is the first note of any scale.
Students learn what is most effective and what subsequent progressions to return to the tonic are good.
Finality is felt in a return to the tonic, which is D.
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Technical music terms
acciaccatura
accidental
aeolian
aleatory
alto clef
antiphonal
discordant
harmonic
harmonic progression
harmony
hemidemisemiquaver
inversion
overtone
ritardando
rubato
scherzando
scordatura
secco recitative
voice part
whole step
tonic
adjective
 music specializeduk /ˈtɒn.ɪk/ us /ˈtɑː.nɪk/
of or relating to the first note in a diatonic scale(= a musical scale that is either major or minor), which describes the key of a piece of music:
The dominant chord is here followed immediately by a tonic six-four chord.
The sudden tonic triad which concludes the orchestral coda is extremely effective.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Technical music terms
acciaccatura
accidental
aeolian
aleatory
alto clef
antiphonal
discordant
harmonic
harmonic progression
harmony
hemidemisemiquaver
inversion
overtone
ritardando
rubato
scherzando
scordatura
secco recitative
voice part
whole step

tonic | American Dictionary


tonic
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtɑn·ɪk/
a liquid medicine intended to make you feel better generally rather than treating a particular health problem
A tonic is also anything that makes you feel better:
Seeing his grandchildren was the perfect tonic for him.

Examples of tonic


tonic
The second solo (bars 16-27) modulates back to an intermediate tonic through sequences and chromaticism, all based on the initial motive.
The remainder is given over to a single tonic butterfly in which the second note is displaced downwards by two octaves.
Another tempo change ushers in a closing phrase of classical cues based on a tonic triad followed by tonic tones in descending octave leaps.
But in an opera the direct succession of tonic keys, the 'chords' of the progression, never occurs.
A note histogram is also maintained to determine a tonic.
Most "soothing tonics" for babies and children were laced with alcohol, opium, or some combination of the two.
Thus, action potentials designated as tonic are much more likely to be mislabeled than are those designated as burst.
In fact, the voice arrives at the tonic too early, while the guitar has only reached the dominant.
This is a book positively bristling with personality and individuality and was a tonic to myflaggingopinion of the reference book.
In the absence of traditional voice leading based on tonic/dominant harmony, some composers gravitated toward the use of symmetry.
A tonic hyperpolarization underlying contrast adaptation in cat visual cortex.
This is easily extensive enough to make the eventual breakdown of syntax after a tonic reprise deeply surprising.
Furthermore, our empirical data suggest that tonic and burst responses under our conditions of visual stimulation are not ends of a smooth continuum.
This is accomplished partly through the avoidance of a full tonic resolution until the closing measures of the piece.
In the first phrase the motif begins with an arpeggio figure on the tonic.
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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