Undertone

(noun.) a pale or subdued color.

(noun.) a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning.

(noun.) a quiet or hushed tone of voice; 'spoke in undertones'.

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• Pray don't say any more about it, said Will, in a hoarse undertone extremely unlike his usual light voice. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This, said my godmother in an undertone, is the child. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Of European reputation, added Mr. Badger in an undertone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Let her try a certain person's pamphlets, said Mrs. Cadwallader in an undertone, seeing the gentlemen enter. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Wery pretty indeed it is,' remarked Duff, in an undertone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• In all this there is no undertone of complaint to warn me that she is absolutely unhappy in her married life. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• My immediate comrade and I talked in an undertone about quarantine laws and their penalties, but we found nothing cheering in the subject. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• You seem one of the jolly sort--looks as conwivial as a live trout in a lime basket,' added Mr. Weller, in an undertone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Haley made a turn or two about the boat, and then, coming up, seated himself near her, and began saying something to her in an indifferent undertone. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Crispin faced round abruptly, and was about to say something in an undertone, but, after a moment's deliberation, turned slowly away. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• After questioning and examining her, Lydgate said to the house-surgeon in an undertone, It's not tumor: it's cramp. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Caliphronas, tired of the conversation, had gone to the piano, where Eunice was playing softly, and talked to her in an undertone. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Mrs. Fisher added in an undertone to Selden: I do hope there hasn't been a row. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Lanterns swayed here and there, people were talking in an undertone on the launch and in the boats. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Reduced counsels,' interposed Mr. Weller, senior, in an undertone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It's wonderful how close poor Peter was, she said, in the same undertones. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• They were so often diverting themselves in undertones, those three men whom God had mocked with the most tremendous opportunity in history. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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