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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Tun
(n.)
A weight of 2,240 pounds. See Ton.
Tun
(n.)
An indefinite large quantity.
Tun
(n.)
A drunkard; -- so called humorously, or in contempt.
Tun
(n.)
Any shell belonging to Dolium and allied genera; -- called
also tun-shell.
Tun
(v. i.)
To put into tuns, or casks.
Tun-bellied
(a.)
Having a large, protuberant belly, or one shaped like
a tun; pot-bellied.
Tun-dish
(n.)
A tunnel.
Tun-great
(a.)
Having the circumference of a tun.
Tuna
(n.)
The Opuntia Tuna. See Prickly pear, under Prickly.
Tuna
(n.)
The tunny.
Tuna
(n.)
The bonito, 2.
Tunable
(a.)
Capable of being tuned, or made harmonious; hence,
harmonious; musical; tuneful.
Tundra
(n.)
A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.
Tune
(n.)
A sound; a note; a tone.
Tune
(n.)
A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one
voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in
unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody;
an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune.
See Air.
Tune
(n.)
The state of giving the proper, sound or sounds; just
intonation; harmonious accordance; pitch of the voice or an instrument;
adjustment of the parts of an instrument so as to harmonize with itself
or with others; as, the piano, or the organ, is not in tune.
Tune
(n.)
Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor;
right mood.
Tune
(v. t.)
To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds;
to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to
tune a piano or a violin.
Tune
(v. t.)
To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to
make harmonious.
Tune
(v. t.)
To sing with melody or harmony.