overtone

英 [ˈəʊvətəʊn]

美 [ˈoʊvərtoʊn]

n.  弦外之音; 言外之意; 暗示

复数：overtones　

医学

Collins.1 / BNC.11391 / COCA.13996

牛津词典

noun

• 弦外之音；言外之意；暗示
  an attitude or an emotion that is suggested and is not expressed in a direct way
  1. There were political overtones to the point he was making.
     他的论点有政治含义。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 弦外之音；言外之意；暗示
  If something hasovertones ofa particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it.
  1. The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign...
     罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
  2. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
     这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。

英英释义

noun

• a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
  Synonym:partialpartial tone
• (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
  1. overtones of despair

双语例句

• It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
  这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。
• By enhances the rail transit power supply security, reduces the rail transit for the electrical network electric current total overtone distortion factor and various subharmonics voltage including rate to the city power supply system influence.
  以提高轨道交通供电安全性，减少轨道交通供电网的电流总谐波畸变率和各次谐波电压含有率对城市供电系统的影响。
• The solution of overtone question is relatively mature, the use of active and passive filter is common.
  对于谐波问题的解决办法已经相对成熟，有源和无源滤波器等运用很普遍。
• In order to study the couplings and interactions between thickness-shear and spurious modes, we have calculated frequency spectra in the vicinity of fundamental thickness-shear and third-order overtone modes.
  为了研究厚度剪切模态和寄生模态的耦合情况，我们计算了基频和三阶泛音厚度剪切振动的频谱关系。
• This article gives a definition of overtone and its scale from the pronounce principle, then, elaborates on the importance of practice overtone from analyzing the structure of trumpet.
  本文首先从小号发声的原理角度，对泛音和泛音列进行定义；然后从小号的构造和音乐作品的分析来阐述小号泛音练习的重要性；
• The sound is mathematically analysed and is reduced to its various overtone components in their dynamic evolution over time.
  对声音进行数学分析，并随时间动态变化，将其减少至一系列泛音成分。
• The word has a pejorative overtone.
  这个单词有点贬义。
• The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign
  罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
• 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。
• 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。