1. tone down : 缓和；
及物动词
名词
1. 音质;音色;音调
The tone of a sound is its particular quality.
2. 语气；口气；腔调
Someone's tone is a quality in their voice which shows what they are feeling or thinking.
3. (演讲、文章的)语气，调子，基调
The tone of a speech or piece of writing is its style and the opinions or ideas expressed in it.
4. 气氛;氛围;格调
The tone of a place or an event is its general atmosphere.
5. （身体的）强健状况；(尤指肌肉的)紧实度，结实度
The tone of someone's body, especially their muscles, is its degree of firmness and strength.
6. 使结实；使强健
Something that tones your body makes it firm and strong.
7. 色调;明暗
A tone is one of the lighter, darker, or brighter shades of the same colour.
8. (与…)协调(或相配)
If one thing tones with another, the two things look nice together because their colours are similar in quality or brightness.
9. 电话提示音
A tone is one of the sounds that you hear when you are using a telephone, for example the sound that tells you that a number is engaged or busy, or no longer exists.
10. 音;全音
A tone is a difference in pitch between two musical notes equal to two semitones.
11. see also: dialling tone;ring tone
12. 降低格调
If you say that something lowers the tone of a place or event, you mean that it is not appropriate and makes the place or event seem less respectable.
13. 使(颜色)柔和；使(味道)变淡;调和
If you tone down a colour or a flavour, you make it less bright or strong.
1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
e.g. after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
e.g. the Beijing dialect uses four tones
3. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
e.g. the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely
the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
4. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
e.g. the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw
from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome
5. a steady sound without overtones
e.g. they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies
Synonym: pure tone
6. a musical interval of two semitones
Synonym: whole tonestepwhole step
7. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
e.g. the singer held the note too long
Synonym: notemusical note
8. the quality of a person's voice
e.g. he began in a conversational tone
he spoke in a nervous tone of voice
Synonym: tone of voice
9. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
e.g. the feel of the city excited him
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
it had the smell of treason
Synonym: spiritfeelfeelingflavorflavourlooksmell
10. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
e.g. the doctor tested my tonicity