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单词 untoned
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Definition of untoned in English:

untoned

adjectiveʌnˈtəʊndˌənˈtōnd
  • 1(of a person's body) lacking in tone or muscular definition.

    the menswear shows are invaded by a gang of geeky, untoned male models
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Oh, and I can't forget the volleyball scene, which saw 4 rather untoned guys playing in slow motion, with an off stage actor going ‘donk’ every time the ball was hit.
    • From what angle should the picture be taken to best disguise my untoned contours?
    • Images of matronly school teachers writing on chalkboards as their untoned arms jiggle and sag would make anyone want to train her tri's 24 / 7.
    • Shop girls tend just to look pained and bemused when you ask if there are any trousers in stock that rise a bit higher, since they're oblivious to the exigencies of approaching middle age and the effects of gravity on untoned flesh.
    • With stooped shoulders and arms strategically placed to conceal unwisely revealed untoned tummies, the streakily applied fake tan denotes that the future is clearly both bright and orange.
  • 2(especially of music) lacking in variation of tone or subtlety.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This untoned print illustrates the Lith print characteristic of printing ‘soft in the highlights, hard in the shadows'.
    • He cautions that partial toning or split-toning with selenium will leave the untoned portion of the print unprotected, as the selenium preferentially tones finer grains of silver in high-density areas of the print first.
    • He sings poorly on ‘Will You Smile Again’ as he does throughout Worlds Apart, but here he turns his biggest challenge into a compelling performance, letting the notes explode into untoned gutturals when they outstretch his range.
    • Every tone-syllable with the cadence that follows and the untoned syllable that precedes makes one metre.
 
 

Definition of untoned in US English:

untoned

adjectiveˌənˈtōnd
  • 1(of a person's body) lacking in tone or muscular definition.

    the menswear shows are invaded by a gang of geeky, untoned male models
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shop girls tend just to look pained and bemused when you ask if there are any trousers in stock that rise a bit higher, since they're oblivious to the exigencies of approaching middle age and the effects of gravity on untoned flesh.
    • With stooped shoulders and arms strategically placed to conceal unwisely revealed untoned tummies, the streakily applied fake tan denotes that the future is clearly both bright and orange.
    • Oh, and I can't forget the volleyball scene, which saw 4 rather untoned guys playing in slow motion, with an off stage actor going ‘donk’ every time the ball was hit.
    • Images of matronly school teachers writing on chalkboards as their untoned arms jiggle and sag would make anyone want to train her tri's 24 / 7.
    • From what angle should the picture be taken to best disguise my untoned contours?
  • 2(especially of music) lacking in variation of tone or subtlety.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He sings poorly on ‘Will You Smile Again’ as he does throughout Worlds Apart, but here he turns his biggest challenge into a compelling performance, letting the notes explode into untoned gutturals when they outstretch his range.
    • This untoned print illustrates the Lith print characteristic of printing ‘soft in the highlights, hard in the shadows'.
    • He cautions that partial toning or split-toning with selenium will leave the untoned portion of the print unprotected, as the selenium preferentially tones finer grains of silver in high-density areas of the print first.
    • Every tone-syllable with the cadence that follows and the untoned syllable that precedes makes one metre.
 
 
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