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undertone

英 [ˈʌn.də.təʊn] 美 [ˈʌn.dɚ.toʊn]

n. 蕴涵的感情(或特质、意思); 寓意; 弦外之音

网络 底色; 低音; 低声

释义

n.
  1. 低音;小声
  2. 潜在性质[成分,意义];(市场的)潜在趋势
  3. 浅色,淡色;底色

词态变化

复数: undertones;

英英释义

n.
  1. something that suggests a particular idea or feeling without directly saying or showing it

同义词

suggestion;hint;trace;tinge;undercurrent;

反义词

overtone;

例句

It was a low dome of sonorous blue, with an undertone of sultry sulphur-color, because of the smoke that dimmed the air.

低低的深蓝色的穹苍,带着一点儿闷热的硫磺气味,因为空气被烟弄得昏暗了。

Was it just me, or did you hear an undertone of marital discontent?

是我多心了,还是你也听出了帕蒂言下对自己婚姻的不满意?

I began to sense in it something mocking, an undertone I had not heard at first.

起初,我把它当做某种嘲弄般的声音,低沉得自己都听不到。

He had a loud voice , but he deliberately muttered in an undertone at the moment .

他本来嗓门挺大,但是此时却故意用了低调。

"Well, " she said with the same undertone of contempt that seemed to pull her apart from him.

“好了,”她仍然带着一些鄙夷的语调说,这种语调似乎正在把她从他身边拖走。

Lipsticks with a blue undertone make your lips pop out.

蓝色底色的口红会让你的嘴唇看起来凸出来。

There are no levels of Freudian undertone to zombies. Like boys, they're not subtle.

僵尸形象中并没有隐含深层次的弗洛伊德理论,与男孩们相似,他们毫无精细可言,没有性暗示,也一点都不性感。

He wished them "Good morning" in an awkward hesitating undertone as if he were doubtful how his greetings would be received.

他尴尬地向他们问好,声音很低,又有些犹豫,好象担心他们会不睬他。

The beer has been described as having a complex taste with citric, caramel and toffee flavours with an undertone of liquorice and aniseed.

该啤酒被描述成是集合了柠檬、焦糖、太妃糖、淡淡的甘草以及茴香味道。

But one argument needs further discussion: the aid debate has a racist undertone.

但是有一个争论需要进一步的讨论:那就是这一场援助争论充满了种族主义论调。

Scott Shane, one reporter who participated in the meeting, described "an undertone of suppressed outrage and frustration. "

据与会的斯科特·肖恩回忆,看得出与会者是在尽量克制自己的暴怒情绪。

It's said to be anti-capitalist, with the undertone that carries of being anti-American.

据称这是反资本主义,潜含有反美的意味。

When we speak we sometimes unintentionally choose words that have a negative undertone.

在我们交谈的时候,有时我们会无意间用一些有消极意味的话语。

But there is a definite political undertone.

但这里也存在着明确的政治意味。

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