Word familyadjectivetunabletunedtunefultunelesstunynountunablenesstunefulnesstunelessnesstunertuningtunesmithtuning forktuning pegtuneadverbtunablytunefullytunelessly
out of tune• The beds on Disturbed are all out of tune, too taut or too loose.• The guitar was badly out of tune.• It went out of tune very easily.
4in tune with somebody/sth, out of tune with somebody/somethingout of tune with somebody/something in tune with somebody/sthSAMEDISAGREEable or unable to realize, understand, or agree with what someone else thinks or wants 与某人/某事协调[一致]/不协调[不一致]
The industry is changing in tune with changing demand.
这个行业正随着需求的不断变化作出相应的调整。
5to the tune of $1,000/£2 million etcinformalEMPHASIZE used to emphasize how large an amount or number is 高达1,000美元/200万英镑等〔强调数量或数目大〕
Canada is funding the programme to the tune of $30 million.
tune to• Tune in to 91.3 FM for the bestmusic in the city.• By the end of the century, most people will be able to tune in to hundreds of channels or more.• More than 3. 5 billion people are expected to tune in to the July 19 event.• Thousands turn up for parties every weekend and tune in to the national radio show he does with Djaimin.• I curled up in the shade of the parasol and tuned in to the naturalstatic.• Residents from at least 62 countriestuned in to the program.• She doesn't worry about transcending anything, or tuning in touniversal themes.• I suddenly tuned in to what she was trying to say.• Why, militias everywhere will be tuned in to your daily spleen-fests.• Is it tuned in to your every mood?
tune to• By the end of the century, most people will be able to tune in to hundreds of channels or more.• More than 3. 5 billion people are expected to tune in to the July 19 event.• Thousands turn up for parties every weekend and tune in to the national radio show he does with Djaimin.• I curled up in the shade of the parasol and tuned in to the natural static.• Residents from at least 62 countries tuned in to the program.• She doesn't worry about transcending anything, or tuning in to universal themes.• Why, militias everywhere will be tuned in to your daily spleen-fests.• Is it tuned in to your every mood?
6tune outphrasal verbphr v informalIGNOREto ignore or stop listening to someone or something 不理睬,置之不理
A bored child may simply tune out.
孩子感到无聊可能就会走神。
tune somebody/something ↔ out
I learned to tune out the background noise.
我学着不去理会背景杂音。
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tune out• There was a warningvoice in the back of her mind, but she tuned it out.• He had learned to tune out the kids' constant questions.
b)tune something ↔ up to make small changes to an engine so that it works as well as possible 调试〔引擎〕
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tune• The bikes would sit somewhere between Superstock and superbike machines, with less tuning allowed to them than superbikes.• Staytuned, because the Carrey saga should get interesting.• If the engine needs to be tuned, Dad can do it.• Residents from at least 62 countries tuned in to the program.• He is the main - no, the only - reason for tuning into Neighbours.• Secondly, in some species the choice is remarkably finely tuned so that under certaincircumstancesfamiliarity may be preferred over novelty.• The television was tuned to a rerun of "M.A.S.H."• The entire world will have to stay tuned to find out.• The detector has an amplifier that is tuned to recognize and amplify only the pulsedsignal.
From Longman Business Dictionary
tunetune /tjuːntuːn/ noun
to the tune of $1000/£100 etc informal used to emphasize how large an amount or number is
The company is in debt to the tune of £1.2 billion.