n.

1. 音，音色，音調[C]
   The teacher is speaking in a high tone.

   教師正在大聲說話。

2. 腔調，語氣[C]
   He spoke in a tone of command.

   他用命令的口吻說話。

3. 聲調，語調[C]
   Mandarin Chinese has four tones.

   漢語有四聲。

4. 色調；光度[C]
   She used several tones of blue to make the sky look real.

   她用了數種藍色色調讓天空看起來真實些。

5. 風氣，氣氛[the S]
   The tone of the school is excellent.

   這所學校校風極好。

6. （身心的）正常狀態[U]
7. 【音】全音；調音；調整（畫、照片等的）色調

vt.

1. 用某種調子說；裝腔作勢地說
2. 給……定調子；給（樂器）定音調；給（畫）定色調
3. 使變調子
   Excitement toned her voice.

   激動使她的嗓音都變了。

4. 增強，提高[（+up）]
   These exercises will tone up your muscles.

   這些運動方式會強健你的肌肉。

5. 【攝】給……上色

vi.

1. 呈現悅目色調
2. 顏色調和（或和諧）[（+with）]

n.

1. a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength.
   ▸a musical note, warble, or other sound used as a signal on a telephone or answering machine.
2. a modulation of the voice expressing a feeling or mood.
3. general character:
   trust her to lower the tone of the conversation.
4. (also whole tone) a basic interval in classical Western music, equal to two semitones and separating, for example, the first and second notes of an ordinary scale; a major second.
5. the particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a colour.
   ▸the general effect of colour or of light and shade in a picture.
6. Phonetics  (in some languages, such as Chinese) a particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions.
   ▸(in some languages, such as English) intonation on a word or phrase used to add functional meaning.
7. (also muscle tone) the normal level of firmness or slight contraction in a resting muscle.

v.

1. (often tone something up) give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle).
2. (tone something down) make something less harsh in colour.
   ▸make something less extreme.
3. (tone with) harmonize with in terms of colour.
4. Photography  give (a monochrome picture) an altered colour in finishing by means of a chemical solution.

[名]

1. ①聲調；音調；語氣。
   톤을 낮추다.

   放低聲調。

2. ②色調。