英语词汇“to tune up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive and intransitive. To raise one's voice (in song or otherwise), to sing out (cf. 3).

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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [verb (intransitive)] > raise voice

to tune up1701

pipe1889

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > impart specific tone or quality [verb (transitive)] > raise voice

uphancec1390

raise1603

exalt1611

elevate1618

to tune up1701

1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 54 Let us tune our voices up by theirs.

1763 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 274 The robin and spring birds begin to tune up.

1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 135 I have heard an old cow tune up in like manner.

2. transitive. To bring (an instrument) up to the proper pitch, to put in tune (= 1); also figurative (cf. 2). Now usually absol.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > tune [verb (transitive)]

temperc1300

set?1473

tune1505

entune1523

modulatec1570

retune1606

to tune upa1718

attune1728

a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 830 We are too apt to awaken and tune up their [Children's] Passions by the Example of our own.

1776 R. Graves Euphrosyne i. 224 Each Cockney that tunes up his lyre.

1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 182 He requested them to tune up and begin.

1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers x The band began to tune up, and a general feeling of expectation pervaded the building.

1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 31 ‘Now you got to tune up.’ Dilsey said.

1981 A. Schlee Rhine Journey xii. 154 Already the orchestra was tuning up for the next waltz.

3. To put (a machine, a racing vessel, etc.) into the most efficient working order (cf. 1d).

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare apparatus or machinery

rig1797

to tune up1901

to set up1922

1901 Daily Chron. 24 Aug. 5/7 The..captain will keep all hands at work tuning her [a yacht] up until she is able to show all the speed she has in her.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 4/2 The art of tuning up a car is understood by very few amateurs, who..are satisfied with results which could be improved upon.

单词	to tune up
释义	> as lemmas to tune up to tune up 1. transitive and intransitive. To raise one's voice (in song or otherwise), to sing out (cf. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [verb (intransitive)] > raise voice to tune up1701 pipe1889 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > impart specific tone or quality [verb (transitive)] > raise voice uphancec1390 raise1603 exalt1611 elevate1618 to tune up1701 1701 G. Stanhope tr. St. Augustine Pious Breathings 54 Let us tune our voices up by theirs. 1763 T. Smith Jrnl. (1849) 274 The robin and spring birds begin to tune up. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt vi. 135 I have heard an old cow tune up in like manner. 2. transitive. To bring (an instrument) up to the proper pitch, to put in tune (= 1); also figurative (cf. 2). Now usually absol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > tuning or intonation > tune [verb (transitive)] temperc1300 set?1473 tune1505 entune1523 modulatec1570 retune1606 to tune upa1718 attune1728 a1718 W. Penn Maxims in Wks. (1726) I. 830 We are too apt to awaken and tune up their [Children's] Passions by the Example of our own. 1776 R. Graves Euphrosyne i. 224 Each Cockney that tunes up his lyre. 1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 182 He requested them to tune up and begin. 1902 V. Jacob Sheep-stealers x The band began to tune up, and a general feeling of expectation pervaded the building. 1929 W. Faulkner Sound & Fury 31 ‘Now you got to tune up.’ Dilsey said. 1981 A. Schlee Rhine Journey xii. 154 Already the orchestra was tuning up for the next waltz. 3. To put (a machine, a racing vessel, etc.) into the most efficient working order (cf. 1d). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > prepare apparatus or machinery rig1797 to tune up1901 to set up1922 1901 Daily Chron. 24 Aug. 5/7 The..captain will keep all hands at work tuning her [a yacht] up until she is able to show all the speed she has in her. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 4/2 The art of tuning up a car is understood by very few amateurs, who..are satisfied with results which could be improved upon. extracted from tunev. < as lemmas
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