| 单词 | out of key |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of key a. out of key: off-key, with inaccurate pitch; (figurative) out of harmony, not in agreement (with something else). Cf. out-of-key adj. at out of prep. Compounds 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > unsuitable or inappropriate [phrase] out of the waya1450 out of my (your, etc.) way1555 out of place1560 in (or out of) one's line1886 out of key1920 1725 G. Odingsells Bath Unmask'd i. iii. 9 L. Wisem. Cruel! Spri. Insolent! L. Wisem. Charming! Spri. Hold hold my Lord!—quite out of key and tune.—Let me set you right again.—Libertine! 1837 Knickerbocker July 52 I never saw an unpleasing expression upon the face of this gentleman, except when some one of the choir got out of key in church. 1887 Bk. News Aug. 410/2 The reply was out of key with the placid mood in which the conversation had hitherto been conducted. 1920 E. Pound Hugh Selwyn Mauberley i. 9 For three years, out of key with his time, He strove to resuscitate the dead art Of poetry. 1934 H. G. Wells Exper. in Autobiogr. II. vii. 489 That was entirely out of key with James's assumptions. 1989 Sound Choice Autumn 49/1 Many chords contain a certain ‘wrongness’ without being out of key. 2005 D. Cowie Owen Noone & Marauder 43 The lyrics, sung out of key by Noone, were anachronistic. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。