英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
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Tonality
(n.)
The principle of key in music; the character which a
composition has by virtue of the key in which it is written, or through
the family relationship of all its tones and chords to the keynote, or
tonic, of the whole.
See Tonka bean.
Toncanet
(n.)
A small toucan.
Tone
(n.)
Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as
of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet,
or harsh tone.
Tone
(n.)
Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted
to express emotion or passion.
Tone
(n.)
A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial
strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a
regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a
tone.
Tone
(n.)
A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the
octave; she has good high tones.
Tone
(n.)
The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the
diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone
too flat; raise it a tone.
Tone
(n.)
The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as,
a rich tone, a reedy tone.
Tone
(n.)
A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.
Tone
(n.)
That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in
which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
Tone
(n.)
Tonicity; as, arterial tone.
Tone
(n.)
State of mind; temper; mood.
Tone
(n.)
Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks
was commendatory.
Tone
(n.)
General or prevailing character or style, as of morals,
manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a
low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of
manners.
Tone
(n.)
The general effect of a picture produced by the combination
of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; --
commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.
Tone
(v. t.)
To utter with an affected tone.
Tone
(v. t.)
To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune,
v. t.
Tone
(v. t.)
To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of
color, as by chemical treatment.
Toned
(imp. & p. p.)
of Tone