key tone 主调
- Bit Like: The Others, in terms of its low-key tone and supernatural spookiness.
有点像:小岛惊魂,低调的旋律,神奇的幽灵。 - The Pentagon earlier played down the confrontation, striking a more low-key tone than during the incident two months ago.
五角大楼低调处置这次冲突,使用了比两个月前更加温和低调的口吻来谴责这次事件。 - The low-key tone of this stop was in sharp contrast to the visit in Berlin where the Illinois senator addressed a crowd of over 200, 000 enthusiastic Germans.
他在伦敦的低调与对柏林的访问形成鲜明的对比。 在德国,这位来自美国伊利诺伊州的联邦参议员向20多万热情的德国人发表了讲话。
Key tone \Key" tone`\n. (Mus.)
See {Keynote}.
Keynote \Key"note`\, n.
1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a
piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the
chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are
referred; -- called also {key tone}.
2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key;
as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.