Tone language
声调语言
📖 牛津释义
tone language
(linguistics 语言) language in which the meaning of a word depends on the pitch at which it is uttered (eg Chinese) 声调语言（如汉语）.
🧩 词语组成解析
tone
[təun]
n. [语]声调，语调;[画]色调，色泽，明暗;[乐]乐音，全音，全音程;[医]（正常的）健康状态;
vt. 使更健壮;定调;使变调子;[摄影术]给…上色;
vi. 带有某种腔调;呈现某种色彩;（颜色）调和（与 with 连用）;
🗣️ 情景例句
Those are the rules and regulations, and we have to abide by them.
这些就是这儿的规矩， 大家都应该遵守。
What's this?
这是什么？
The ideal to be aimed at was to devise an instrument that could record with a pen on paper,
当地震发生时，它能用笔在纸上记录下