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单词 tune
释义
noun | verb
tunetune1 /tun/ ●●● S3 noun Etymology
ETYMOLOGYtune1
Origin: 1300-1400 tone
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS
 The gospel song is sung to the tune of “Danny Boy.”
Thesaurus
THESAURUS the arrangement of sounds made by instruments or voices in a way that is pleasant, interesting, or exciting
the arrangement of sounds made by instruments or voices in a way that is pleasant, interesting, or exciting:  Let’s listen to some music on the radio. What kind of music does your band play?
a series of musical notes that are nice to listen to:  He whistled a pretty little tune as he worked.
a tune, especially one that is part of a larger piece of music:  There is a beautiful melody at the beginning of the symphony that comes back in the last movement.
(also piece) a written, musical work:  This is a piece I’m learning for my piano recital.
a short piece of music with words:  She and her friends were listening to songs on the radio and dancing.
a piece of music that has been written or changed so that it can be played by a particular instrument:  The composer wrote an arrangement of a popular Christmas carol for flute and guitar.
formal a piece of music. Used especially to talk about who wrote it, or when you are not giving a specific name for the music:  Mozart wrote his first composition at the age of five.
a piece of popular music, a song, a dance, etc. that forms part of a larger performance:  She sang several numbers from her most recent album.
one of the songs or pieces of music on a CD:  The first track is my favorite.
a long piece of music written to go with a movie:  The score for the movie won an Oscar.
1eng. lang. arts a)[countable] a series of musical notes that are played or sung and are nice to listen to:  an old familiar tune The gospel song is sung to the tune of “Danny Boy.” b)informal a song:  That’s a great tune.► see thesaurus at music2be in tune with somebody to understand or agree with what someone else thinks or wants:  The party leaders should be more in tune with their own members.3be in tune with something to match or combine well with something:  The senator’s plan is more in tune with the new economic reality.4in tune eng. lang. arts playing or singing the correct musical note:  A trained singer knows when her voice is in tune.5out of tune eng. lang. arts playing or singing higher or lower than the correct musical note:  The guitar was badly out of tune.6to the tune of $1,000/$50 million etc. informal used to emphasize how large an amount of money is:  I was in debt to the tune of $40,000. [Origin: 1300–1400 tone] → see also carry a tune at carry1 (30), somebody can’t carry a tune in a bucket at carry1 (31), change your tune at change1 (13), dance to somebody’s tune at dance1 (6), show tune
noun | verb
tunetune2 ●○○ verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
tune
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytune
he, she, ittunes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytuned
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave tuned
he, she, ithas tuned
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad tuned
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill tune
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have tuned
Continuous Form
PresentIam tuning
he, she, itis tuning
you, we, theyare tuning
PastI, he, she, itwas tuning
you, we, theywere tuning
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been tuning
he, she, ithas been tuning
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been tuning
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be tuning
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been tuning
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS
 The owl’s eyes are finely tuned (=extremely well developed) to see the slightest movement.
1to make a radio or television receive broadcasts from a particular place:  The radio was tuned to a classical station.2eng. lang. arts to make a musical instrument play at the right pitch:  She was tuning her guitar.3to make small changes to an engine so that it works better:  The engine needs to be tuned.4to develop or train your body or mind so that it has a special skill:  The owl’s eyes are finely tuned (=extremely well developed) to see the slightest movement. → see also stay tuned at stay1 (7)tune in phrasal verb1to watch or listen to a program on television or the radio: tune in to Tune in to 97.3 FM for the best music in the city.2 (also be tuned in) to realize or understand what is happening or what other people are thinking: tune in to I suddenly tuned in to what she was trying to say.tune out phrasal verb informal to ignore or stop listening to someone or something:  A bored child will just tune out in the classroom.tune somebody/something ↔ out Liz didn’t like what we were talking about, so she tuned us out.tune up phrasal verb1tune something ↔ up to repair and clean a car’s engine → tune-up2 eng. lang. arts if musicians tune up, they prepare their instruments to play at the same pitch as each other3tune something ↔ up eng. lang. arts to make a musical instrument play at the right pitch
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