overtone的词源

英文词源

overtone (n.)

1867, in literal sense, from over + tone (n.); a loan-translation of German Oberton, first used by German physicist Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (1821-1894) as a contraction of Overpartialton "upper partial tone." Figurative sense of "subtle implication" is from 1890, first attested in writings of William James.

中文词源

overtone：言外之意

over-,超过，过度，tone,语调。比喻用法。

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