名词

1. 男高音(歌手)
A tenor is a male singer whose voice is fairly high.

2. (萨克斯管等乐器)次中音的
A tenor saxophone or other musical instrument has a range of notes that are of a fairly low pitch.

3. 大意;主旨;要领
The tenor of something is the general meaning or mood that it expresses.

1. the pitch range of the highest male voice

2. the general meaning or substance of an utterance

e.g. although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument

Synonym: strain

3. a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life

e.g. nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways

4. the adult male singing voice above baritone

Synonym: tenor voice

5. an adult male with a tenor voice