名詞 intonation:

1. rise and fall of the voice pitch
   同義詞：modulation, pitch contour
2. singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
3. the act of singing in a monotonous tone
   同義詞：chanting
4. the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations

1. Russian-born American violinist noted for his pure intonation and interpretive sense.
   津巴利斯特，埃弗萊姆1889－1985俄裔美國小提琴家，他以純正的音調和解釋的能力而著名
2. Good intonation.
   語調很好。

in.to.na.tion

n.（名詞）

The act of intoning or chanting.
吟誦：吟誦或唱歌的動作
An intoned utterance.
抑揚之聲：吟誦出來的聲音
A manner of producing or uttering tones, especially with regard to accuracy of pitch.
吟詠：產生或發(fā)出音調的方式，特指注意音高準確性的發(fā)音方式
Linguistics The use of changing pitch to convey syntactic information:
【語言學】 語調：運用改變音高以傳遞句子信息的方法：
例句：
a questioning intonation.
疑問語調

A use of pitch characteristic of a speaker or dialect:
聲調：說話人或方言特有的音高的使用：
例句：
.He could hear authority, the old parish intonation coming back into his voice.(Graham Greene)
.他能聽到了權威，即以前的教區(qū)聲調又回到他的聲音中.(格雷厄姆·格林)

Music The opening phrase of a plainsong composition sung as a solo part.
【音樂】 起始短句：素歌作品中作為獨唱部分的開始樂句

【引伸】
in.tona.tional
adj.（形容詞）