Then she swaggered into Johnsy's room with her drawing board, whistling ragtime.

后来她手里拿着画板，装做精神抖擞样走进琼西，嘴里吹着爵士音乐调。

He strummed on the piano and told me about the tune.

他在钢琴上弹了几下，然后告诉我就这个调。

All right. So, a very simple tune.

看 非常简单调。

You felt that a bird would speak in these tones if it could speak English.

如果小鸟会讲英语话，你会觉得它正用这种调说话。

" Can't carry a tune to save my life."

“我从来唱不准调。”

Yet for all the sumptuousness, Rembrandt has managed to avoid any impression of idle opulence.

然而尽管充满奢华调，伦勃朗却尽力避免给人造成一种富而不奢印象。

Kneeling at the foot of the tower, he sang a serenade in melting tones.

他跪在塔前，以温柔调唱着月下情歌。

It wasn't really a tune, but from the first note the beast's eyes began to droop.

他吹得不成调，但他刚吹出第一个音符，狗眼睛就开始往下耷拉。

When left to himself, however, he would seldom produce any music or attempt any recognized air.

可当他独自一人时候，他就难得会拉出什么象样乐曲家所熟悉调了。

" What are you giving them? " asked Mr. Foster, making his tone very professional.

“你在给他们加什么？”福斯特先生问道，有意让声音带公事公办调。

Now that they host the communications of billions of users, they sing a very different tune.

如今，它们承载着数十亿用户通信社交责任，却唱着与之截然相反调。

From that moment Tess found she could whistle tunes to the birds just as Mrs d'Urberville wanted.

从那以后，苔丝发现自己可以按照德伯夫人心意对着那些鸡儿吹调了。

At the same moment the nightingale, satisfied at last with his tuning up, burst into full song.

这时，那夜莺终于定准了调，开始持续唱起来。

Right up to the time of the Nine Years' War. That made them change their tune all right.

直谈到九年战争之前。那场战争让他们彻底改变了调。

There was something desperate, almost insane, about the sharp spasmodic yelps to which they now gave utterance.

发出抽搐叫喊中有一种绝望、几乎疯狂调。

Hollers had a certain rhythm and a modulation that would create an echo that would travel over a long distance.

呼喊有一定节奏和调，会产生一个能传很远回声。

Then, in another tone, suddenly, startlingly.

然后，那声音又突然以另一种调令人震惊地呼叫起来。

But Henry's tone was almost, for a moment, melancholy.

可亨利调一时却几乎忧伤。

There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white.

我带着一种胜利者调告诉他那趟车白纸黑字、明明白白印在时刻表上。

Then in a tone that was suddenly joyous, " I want to give you a surprise, my dear Signor Bottini" .

说到这里，先生突然带着快乐调说：“！吓了你一跳吧！勃谛尼君！”