undertone 英 ['ʌndətəʊn]   美 ['ʌndɚton]

undertone

undertone  英 ['ʌndətəʊn] 美 ['ʌndɚton]

n. 低音;浅色;小声;潜在的含意 

名词复数:undertones 

Do not wear frosty eye shadow, and avoid anything with a blue undertone. 不要使用霜状眼影,以及避免使用蓝色底色的化妆品。
Was it just me, or did you hear an undertone of marital discontent? 是我多心了,还是你也听出了帕蒂言下对自己婚姻的不满意?

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  • n. 低音;浅色;小声;潜在的含意
  • 1. Do not wear frosty eye shadow, and avoid anything with a blue undertone.

    不要使用霜状眼影,以及避免使用蓝色底色的化妆品。

  • 2. Was it just me, or did you hear an undertone of marital discontent?

    是我多心了,还是你也听出了帕蒂言下对自己婚姻的不满意?

  • 3. Lipsticks with a blue undertone make your lips pop out.

    蓝色底色的口红会让你的嘴唇看起来凸出来。

  • undertone (n.) 1762, "low or subdued tone," from under + tone (n.). Figurative sense of "undercurrent of feelings, etc.," is attested from 1861.
under·tone / ˈʌndətəʊn ; NAmE ˈʌndərtoʊn / noun undertone(of sth) a feeling, quality or meaning that is not expressed directly but is still noticeable from what sb says or does 蕴涵的感情(或特质、意思);寓意;弦外之音 SYN undercurrent His soft words contained an undertone of warning. 他温和的话中蕴涵着警告之意。 The play does not have the political undertones of the novel. 这部戏没有小说的那种政治寓意。 compare overtone IDIOM in an ˈundertone | in ˈundertones in a quiet voice 低声地;小声地 undertone undertones under·tone / ˈʌndətəʊn ; NAmE ˈʌndərtoʊn /
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