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单词 undertune
释义

undertunen.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix1, tune n.
Etymology: < under- prefix1 + tune n. Compare earlier undertone n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈundertune.
(under- prefix1 4b(b).)
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [noun] > faint or weak sound
semi-souna1386
thread1593
understrain?1802
undernote1820
undertone1832
flick1844
undersound1847
undertune1866
whimper1895
1866 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 249 In the mute August afternoon They trembled to some undertune Of music.
1897 R. Kipling Captains Courageous 49 A steady undertune to the ‘click-nick’ of the knives in the pen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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