tunes

英 [tjuːnz] 美 [tuːnz]

n.  曲调; 曲子
v.  (为乐器)调音，校音; 调整，调节(发动机); (给收音机、电视等)调谐，调频道
tune的第三人称单数和复数

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  1. N-COUNT 曲调;调子;主旋律
    A tune is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember.
    1. She was humming a merry little tune.
      她正哼着一支欢快的小调。
  2. N-COUNT 歌曲;短乐曲
    You can refer to a song or a short piece of music as a tune .
    1. She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.
      她还将演奏你最喜欢的流行乐曲。
  3. VERB 为(乐器)调音
    When someone tunes a musical instrument, they adjust it so that it produces the right notes.
    1. 'We do tune our guitars before we go on,' he insisted.
      “我们在演奏以前确实会为吉他调音，”他坚持说道。
    2. Tune up means the same as tune.
      tune up 同 tune
    3. Others were quietly tuning up their instruments.
      其他人正静静地为他们的乐器调音。
  4. VERB 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.
    1. Drivers are urged to make sure that car engines are properly tuned.
      司机们被敦促要确保汽车发动机调试妥当。
    2. Tune up means the same as tune .
      tune up 同 tune
    3. 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。
  5. VERB 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.
    1. A small colour television was tuned to an afternoon soap opera.
      一台小彩色电视机频道调在了一出下午的肥皂剧上。
  6. See also: fine-tune signature tune tuning fork
  7. PHRASE 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.
    1. Who would then be calling the tune in Parliament?
      那在国会谁说了算？
  8. PHRASE 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.
    1. You've changed your tune since this morning, haven't you?...
      你从今天早上就变卦了，是不是？
    2. Yesterday he changed his tune, saying the fare increase was experimental.
      昨天他变卦了，说提价只是试行。
  9. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
  10. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
    2. Many of the notes are out of tune...
      很多音都走调了。
    3. It's no wonder the piano kept going out of tune.
      难怪钢琴一直不在调上。
  11. PHRASE 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。
  12. PREP-PHRASE 高达;共计
    To the tune of a particular amount of money means to the extent of that amount.
    1. They've been sponsoring the World Cup to the tune of a million and a half pounds.
      他们已经对世界杯提供了高达 150 万英镑的赞助费。
  13. he who pays the piper calls the tune → see: piper
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双语例句

  1. You can use this software to burn custom compilations of your favorite tunes.
    你可以用这个软件来刻录你最喜欢的乐曲。
  2. He tapped his feet, hummed tunes and jiggled about
    他脚下打着拍子，嘴里哼着调子，身子晃来晃去的。
  3. A military band played Russian marches and folk tunes.
    一支军乐队演奏了俄罗斯的进行曲与民乐。
  4. He has written a batch of very samey tunes.
    他写了一组非常单调枯燥的曲子。
  5. She'll also be playing your favourite pop tunes.
    她还将演奏你最喜欢的流行乐曲。
  6. When did the pianist stop grinding out the same old tunes?
    那位钢琴家何时才会停止弹奏那几支老曲子呢？
  7. At home, I sing to the tunes on the radio.
    在家的时候，我和着电台的曲子唱歌。
  8. He weaves his songs with fresh tunes every time.
    他每次用新调编着新歌。
  9. Instead of just playing the melody, jazz musicians improvise different tunes using the same chords.
    不仅演奏旋律，爵士音乐大师用同样的和弦即兴演奏出不同的曲调。
  10. Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that the fish.
    站在一个突出的岩石上，他吹了一些不同的曲调，希望鱼儿听见。
  11. These new songs are clearly cut from the same cloth as the band's earlier tunes.
    这些新歌明显和乐队早期的曲调一样。
  12. I'm still green at this, but I can play a few tunes.
    我对这个还有点生，但我能弹几个曲调。
  13. The waves of my tunes wash your feet but I know not how to reach them.
    我音韵的波浪冲洗着你的双脚，但我不知道如何去靠近它们。
  14. The tunes of Zhuang's drama have nationalized foreign tunes and dramatized local ones.
    其腔调的形成离不开一个“化”字，即外来声腔的民族化和本土腔调的戏剧化。
  15. To the popular songs and tunes of the common music hall. A pop group plays pop music.
    到通俗音乐厅的流行歌曲。流行歌曲明星演奏流行音乐。
  16. New sounds: Experience the fresh sound effects and tunes.
    新的声音效果：体验全新的音效和音乐！
  17. What have I always told you about listening to show tunes?
    对于收听那种节目，我一直是怎么跟你说的？
  18. His songs are just cheap imitations of Beatles tunes.
    他的歌只是对甲壳虫乐队曲调的低劣模仿。
  19. She played some tunes on the piano but didn't sing a song.
    她用钢琴弹了几首曲子，去一首歌也没有唱。
  20. The birth of qu tunes heralded the birth of a new type of musical system.
    曲牌的诞生，宣布了一个新的音乐体系行将诞生。
  21. He played a medley of popular tunes for them to sing.
    他为他们的演唱伴奏了各种流行曲。
  22. And find pleasure only in what musicians would call vulgar tunes.
    他们只在音乐家们称为鄙俗的歌曲中才能找到乐趣。
  23. Although my main instrument is piano, I listen to more vocal tunes than instrumental.
    虽然我主要使用的乐器是钢琴，但是我听到过许多嗓音胜过乐器的演奏。
  24. Early music was based on single tunes, or melodies.
    早期的乐曲是以单一的曲调或旋律为基础的。
  25. She can play a few simple tunes on the piano.
    她能在钢琴上弹一些简单的调子。
  26. From the musical perspective, Mongolian folk songs are characterized with two tunes: long tune and short tune.
    蒙古民歌从音乐特点来讲，大致分为“长调”和“短调”两大类。
  27. For his music, he often adapts folk tunes which are familiar to the local people.
    他常常把当地人熟悉的民间曲调加以改编使用在自己的乐曲中。
  28. I wrote a bunch of tunes on that.
    我用它做了好多曲子。
  29. And then my violin began to sing again those favorite tunes that had never left my memory.
    然后我的小提琴又开始响起了从未离开我的记忆的那些我最爱的曲子。
  30. The manager had seen a recent musical and liked the tunes.
    经理看了新近拍摄的音乐歌舞片，很喜欢片中的曲调。
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