overtone
英 ['əʊvətəʊn]
美['ovɚ'ton]
- n. [声] 泛音;暗示,寓意;弦外之音
词态变化
复数: overtones;
助记提示
1、over- "above, outer" + tone.
中文词源
overtone 言外之意
over-,超过,过度,tone,语调。比喻用法。
英文词源
- overtone (n.)
- 1867, in literal sense, from over + tone (n.); a loan-translation of German Oberton, first used by German physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894) as a contraction of Overpartialton "upper partial tone." Figurative sense of "subtle implication" is from 1890, first attested in writings of William James.
双语例句
- 1. The string is said to be vibrating in its first overtone mode.
- 这根弦可说成是在它的第一泛音调式振动.
来自辞典例句
- 2. Chenran's novella Nowhere to say goodbye showed sharp existentialism philosophy overtone.
- 陈染的中篇小说《无处告别》表现出一股鲜明的存在主义哲学色彩.
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- 3. Yourself your god, your star, Fate's overtone.
- 你是自己的上帝, 自己的星宿, 命运的回音.
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- 4. Base band and overtone will be generated at the same string of stringed instrument oscillate.
- 弦乐器琴弦的振动中包含基频与泛频,在一定位置上可抑制掉某些频率,便会出现演艺界定义的“泛音”效果.
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- 5. A dry full - flavored wine with spicy aromas overtone of elder , black currant, vanilla, almond.
- 多菲德是全干口味浓厚,极具香味.深红色, 带有浓郁香草, 扁桃仁味道的干红葡萄酒.
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