I knew Uncle George was around when I heard that tuneless whistle of his.

一听到乔治叔叔那不成调口哨，我就知道他来了。

Once, Emma McChesney and Ethel Morrissey exchanged covert looks when they heard her crooning one of those tuneless chants that women hum when they wring out dishcloths in soapy water.

有一次，艾玛·麦克切斯尼 (Emma McChesney) 和埃塞尔·莫里西 (Ethel Morrissey) 听到低唱着女人在用肥皂水拧干抹布时哼出那种无调歌，偷偷交换了一个眼神。

The sounds of a tuneless piano again assailed his ears, but this time it was not a rhapsody that was played, but a study by Clementi, and, as before, with unusual force, precision and rapidity.

一首无调钢琴再次传入他耳朵，但这一次演奏不是狂想曲，而是克莱门蒂一首曲子，而且和以前一样，具有不同寻常力量、精确度和速度。