Gossips

    A women complained to a friend,"She told me that you told her the secret I told you not to tell her.""Well," replied her friend in a hurt tone¹, "I told her not to tell you I told her.""Oh dear!" sighed the first women. "Well, don't tell her I told you that she told me."

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n.语气，音调，气度，色调；vt.（up）增强

参考例句：

• There was a tone of mockery in his voice.他说话的语气含有嘲笑的意味。
• Holmes used an informal,chatty tone in his essays.霍姆斯在文章中语气轻松随便。