tones
n.
音( tone的名词复数 );
色调;
腔调;
全音 （英式英语）;
例句:
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The Chief Constable's clipped tones crackled over the telephone line.
电话线那头噼里啪啦地传来警察局长短促的声音。
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Cross could hear him speaking in low tones to Sarah.
克罗斯听得到他对萨拉低声说话。
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Cross cleared his throat and spoke in low, polite tones.
克罗斯清了清嗓子，开始有礼貌地低声说话。
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Her tones still have a whispering undertow to them.
来自BBC
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Slipshod translations deprive his words of...the subtle sensory tones.
来自B. Bettelheim
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You can tell by the increasingly shrill tones.
来自SA