1. tune up : 调整, 调节;
2. out of tune : 走调;
3. call the tune : 定调子;
4. dance to another tune : 改弦易辙;
5. play down one's tune : 降低调子;
6. to the tune of : 达到...数量, 价格达...;
7. in tune : 合调子;
8. change one's tune : 改变调子, 变卦;
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不及物动词
名词
1. 曲调;调子;主旋律
A tune is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember.
2. 歌曲;短乐曲
You can refer to a song or a short piece of music as a tune .
3. 为(乐器)调音
When someone tunes a musical instrument, they adjust it so that it produces the right notes.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. see also: fine-tune;signature tune;tuning fork
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 高达;共计
To the tune of a particular amount of money means to the extent of that amount.
13. he who pays the piper calls the tune - see piper
1. the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
e.g. he cannot sing in tune
the clarinet was out of tune
3. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
e.g. she was humming an air from Beethoven