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tonic 音標拼音: [t'ɑnɪk] n. 補藥,(音樂)主調音或基音
a. 滋補的,聲調的,使精神振作的 補藥,(音樂)主調音或基音滋補的,聲調的,使精神振作的 tonic adj 1: of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; " a tonic reflex"; " tonic muscle contraction" 2: employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; " Chinese is a tonal language" [ synonym: { tonic}, { tonal}] 3: used of syllables; " a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" [ synonym: { tonic}, { accented}] [ ant: { atonic}, { unaccented}] 4: relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; " tonic harmony" 5: imparting vitality and energy; " the bracing mountain air" [ synonym: { bracing}, { brisk}, { fresh}, { refreshing}, { refreshful}, { tonic}] n 1: lime- or lemon- flavored carbonated water containing quinine [ synonym: { tonic}, { tonic water}, { quinine water}] 2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; " in New England they call sodas tonics" [ synonym: { pop}, { soda}, { soda pop}, { soda water}, { tonic}] 3: ( music) the first note of a diatonic scale [ synonym: { tonic}, { keynote}] 4: a medicine that strengthens and invigorates [ synonym: { tonic}, { restorative}] Tonic \ Ton" ic\, n. [ Cf. F. tonique, NL. tonicum.] 1. ( Phon.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Mus.) The key tone, or first tone of any scale. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Med.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system. [ 1913 Webster] { Tonic sol- fa} ( Mus.), the name of the most popular among letter systems of notation ( at least in England), based on key relationship, and hence called " tonic." Instead of the five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation, it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc., variously modified, with other simple signs of duration, of upper or lower octave, etc. See { Sol- fa}. [ 1913 Webster]
Tonic \ Ton" ic\, a. [ Cf. F. tonigue, Gr. ?. See { Tone}.] 1. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically ( Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush ( 1833) " from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation." [ 1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Med.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Med.) Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] { Tonic spasm}. ( Med.) See the Note under { Spasm}. [ 1913 Webster] 209 Moby Thesaurus words for " tonic": accented, activating, activator, alcoholic drink, alveolar, analeptic, animating, animative, animator, apical, apico- alveolar, apico- dental, arouser, articulated, assimilated, astringent, back, barytone, beneficial, benign, beverage, bilabial, boost, bracer, bracing, brisk, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, cheering, chromatic, close, consonant, consonantal, constitutional, continuant, cordial, corroborant, crisp, crispy, dental, dissimilated, dominant, dorsal, drink, drinkable, energizer, energizing, enharmonic, enlivening, enlivenment, exhilarating, exhilaration, exhilarative, flat, fortifying, fresh, front, frosted, frosted shake, glide, glossal, glottal, good, good for, guttural, hard, health- enhancing, health- preserving, healthful, healthy, heavy, high, human dynamo, hygeian, hygienic, intonated, invigorating, invigoration, invigorative, key, key signature, keynote, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, life, light, lingual, liquid, liquor, low, major, major key, malt, mediant, mid, minor, monophthongal, motivating force, motive power, muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal, palatalized, pedal point, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic, phonetic, phonic, pick- me- up, pitch, pitched, pop, posttonic, potable, potation, quickening, reanimation, recreation, refection, refresher, refreshful, refreshing, refreshment, regale, regalement, regaling, reinvigoration, renewal, restorative, retroflex, revival, revivescence, revivescency, revivification, reviving, roborant, rounded, rousing, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, semitonic, semivowel, shake, sharp, soda, soda pop, soda water, soft, soft drink, sonant, spark plug, stimulant, stimulating, stimulation, stimulative, stimulator, stimulus, stopped, strengthening, stressed, strong, subdominant, submediant, subtonic, supertonic, surd, syllabic, tense, thick, throaty, tisane, tonal, tonality, tonic key, tonicity, tonus, twangy, unaccented, unrounded, unstressed, velar, viable, vitalizing, vitamin shot, vivification, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike, weak, wholesome, wide, zestful, zesty
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