overtone

英 [ˈəʊvətəʊn]

美 [ˈoʊvərtoʊn]

n.  弦外之音; 言外之意; 暗示

复数：overtones　

医学

Collins.1 / BNC.11391 / COCA.13996

牛津词典

noun

• 弦外之音；言外之意；暗示
  an attitude or an emotion that is suggested and is not expressed in a direct way
  1. There were political overtones to the point he was making.
     他的论点有政治含义。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 弦外之音；言外之意；暗示
  If something hasovertones ofa particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it.
  1. The strike has taken on overtones of a civil rights campaign...
     罢工带上了民权运动的意味。
  2. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
     这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。

英英释义

noun

• a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
  Synonym:partialpartial tone
• (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality
  1. overtones of despair

双语例句

• Chenran's novella Nowhere to say goodbye showed sharp existentialism philosophy overtone.
  陈染的中篇小说《无处告别》表现出一股鲜明的存在主义哲学色彩。
• The string is said to be vibrating in its first overtone mode.
  这根弦可说成是在它的第一泛音调式振动。
• Therefore, appraised induces in the overtone under nature, it's the important basis to judge whether can continue to play role in the modern electrical energy management.
  因此，评估感应在谐波的下性，是判断其在现代电能管理中是否能继续发挥作用的重要依据。
• To realize the temperature compensation for high-frequency overtone crystal oscillator, low-frequency ceramic oscillator is chosen and its output frequency is mixed with the output frequency of overtone crystal oscillator.
  该系统利用低频陶瓷振荡器的输出频率通过混频对高次泛音石英晶振进行温度补偿。
• If no triple overtone voltage, check the winding lug or replace with another winding.
  发电机的谐波组开路或短路，无三次谐波电压输出，检查绕组接头或拆换绕组。
• The solution of overtone question is relatively mature, the use of active and passive filter is common.
  对于谐波问题的解决办法已经相对成熟，有源和无源滤波器等运用很普遍。
• Cavity parameters of a HF overtone chemical laser
  泛频HF化学激光器的光腔参数研究
• On the Technology of the Electric Capacity Reactive Compensation and the Overtone Suppression
  无功电容补偿及谐波抑制技术研究
• It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones.
  这个故事寓意深远，具有强烈的宗教色彩。
• The effects on HF overtone laser output characteristics with the operation parameters
  运行参数对氟化氢泛频激光器输出功率和谱线的影响