名詞 tenor:

1. the adult male singing voice above baritone
   同義詞：tenor voice
2. the pitch range of the highest male voice
3. an adult male with a tenor voice
4. a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life
5. the general meaning or substance of an utterance
   同義詞：strain

形容詞 tenor:

1. (of a musical instrument) intermediate between alto and baritone or bass
2. of or close in range to the highest natural adult male voice

1. The tenor disappointed us by singing flat.
   那位男高音歌手調門兒唱得很低，十分掃興。
2. The tenor was a pupil of Caruso.
   這位男高音歌手師承卡魯索。
3. The tenor soloist is unable to appear tonight because of illness.
   男高音獨唱者因病今晚不能演出。
4. It seemed nothing could disturb the even tenor of our existence in those happy prewar days.
   在戰(zhàn)爭前那些美好的歲月里，似乎沒有任何東西能打破我們平靜的生活進程。
5. I understood the tenor of their conversation but not the details.
   我聽懂了他們談話的大意，但沒有聽懂其中的細節(jié)。