tune/tjuːn/

n

1. C 旋律；曲调；歌曲

• She played the tune on the piano. 她用钢琴弹了那首曲子。

• a melancholy tune 悲哀的歌曲

2. U (歌声或乐器)正确的音调；(与其他乐器等的)和谐；调和

• The violin is out of tune. 这小提琴走调了。

• She doesn't sing in tune. 她唱歌走调。

词组call the tune 发号施令；决定一切 change one's tune 变卦

• He said he would never speak to me but he soon changed his tune. 他说决不再跟我说话，但他很快就改变了态度。

dance to another tune 改变态度 dance to sb.'s tune 跟着某人的指挥棒 the tune the (old) cow died of 俚 陈腔；老调 to the tune of 非正式 共计

• in debt to the tune of $50,000 负债达5万美元