他声音很一般，但唱得都在调子上。It was just an ordinary voice, but he sang in tune.他脚下打着拍子，嘴里哼着调子，身子晃来晃去的。He tapped his feet, hummed tunes and jiggled about.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子.The report on our economic situation is full of doom...
工人们在建筑工地的避风处泡茶喝.The workers were brewing up in sheltered corner of the building - site.转到避风处的时候, 所有灰色的海的声音都被掩得无声无息了.When I got to the lee, all the sound of the gray sea was drowned away....