| 单词 | off-key |
| 释义 | off-key (once / 66401 pages) adj Something that's off-key is out of tune or unmusical. If your jazz band is off-key from the first note of their first song, it'll make the audience cringe. You might not care if your friends are off-key when they sing "Happy Birthday" and present you with a chocolate cake, but you may want to get your money back if you buy expensive tickets to hear an orchestra play off-key renditions of Bach and Beethoven. This musical meaning inspired the figurative off-key, meaning "not fitting" or "clashing": "The mayor's big-city values are off-key in our little village." WORD FAMILYoff-key USAGE EXAMPLESWearing rabbit ears, she belts out an off-key version of the achingly sad “Without You.” New York Times(Nov 04, 2016) The performance is an off-key warning siren: This series is not for everyone. New York Times(Oct 13, 2016) I tossed my untouched review book to the bottom of my suitcase, yodeling an off-key version of “ding-dong the test is dead.” Slate(Oct 07, 2016) adj inaccurate in pitch Syn false, sour inharmonious, unharmonious not in harmony |
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