undertones是什么意思？

undertones

• n. 低调( undertone的名词复数 )，低声地，淡色，潜在的感情；

例句

• The couple at the next table were speaking in undertones. 邻桌的夫妇在低声交谈.
• ...a witty, racy story with surprisingly serious undertones. 诙谐却寓意深刻的荤段子
• Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate. 衣着光鲜的顾客们边吃边斯文地低声聊着天。
• His mother leaned forward and spoke to him in urgent undertones. 他母亲身子前倾，小声而急切地跟他说话。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  低声；悄声
  If you say something in an undertone, you say it very quietly.
  例句
  'What d'you think?' she asked in an undertone... “你觉得怎么样？”她小声地问道。 Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate. 衣着光鲜的顾客们边吃边斯文地低声聊着天。
• N-COUNT
  言下之意；寓意
  If something has undertones of a particular kind, it suggests ideas or attitudes of this kind without expressing them directly.
  例句
  The sobbing voice had an undertone of anger. 啜泣声中隐隐透着愤怒。 ...a witty, racy story with surprisingly serious undertones. 诙谐却寓意深刻的荤段子