“off、key”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

off-key

释义

off key, off-key, adv. (phr.) and a.
[f. off prep., off- 4 b + key n.¹]
Without tonal organization; out of tune; also fig., wrong(ly), inappropriate(ly).
1929M. Lief Hangover 235 Eulalia Duncan sang so off⁓key last night that she had great difficulty moving her vowels.1943R. Chandler Lady in Lake xxxi. 171 There's something a little off key about everything you do.1952Sci. Amer. May 65 Friends..who sing everything in a monotone or in the same off-key pattern.1953N.Y. Times 29 Jan. 25/2 Miss Davis' performance in this scene is foolishly false—a travesty of sexy movie acting, illogical and wholly off-key.1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 53 A faintly off-key piano.1971[see off base phr. (adv.) and a.].1973J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 18 He had a peculiar, off-key voice.

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