/tju:n; US tu:n ||; tun/noun
[C,U] a series of musical notes that are sung or played to form a piece of music 调子;旋律;曲子:
The children played us a tuneon their recorders.孩子们用竖笛吹了一支曲子给我们听。call the shots/tune→CALL¹
change your tune→CHANGE¹
in/out of tune
1 at/not at the correct musical level (pitch) 音高准确╱不准确;合╱走调儿:
You're singing out of tune.你唱走调了。
2 having/not having the same opinions, interests, feelings, etc as sb/sth 有╱没有相同的看法、兴趣、感受等;协调/不协调
tune²
/tju:n; US tu:n ||; tun/verb
1 [T] to make small changes to the sound a musical instrument makes so that it is at the correct musical level(pitch) 调音:
to tune a piano/guitar为钢琴╱吉他调音
2 [T] to make small changes to an engine so that it runs well 调校(发动机)
3 [T] (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) tune sth (in) (to sth) to move the controls on a radio or television so that you can receive a particular station 将(收音机或电视机)调谐或调到(某台):
The radio was tuned (in) to the BBC World Service.收音机被调至BBC国际台。 (spoken 口语)Stay tuned for the latest news.请继续收听本台最新新闻报道。
tune in (to sth) to listen to a radio programme or watch a television programme 收听(电台节目);收看(电视节目)
tune (sth) up to make small changes to a group of musical instruments so that they sound pleasant when played together 调校乐器使合调