transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)toʊn ]
( undertones)
1.
If you say something in an undertone , you say it very quietly.
‘What d’you think?’ she asked in an undertone...
Well-dressed clients were talking in polite undertones as they ate.
N-COUNT : in N
2.
If something has undertones of a particular kind, it suggests ideas or attitudes of this kind without expressing them directly.
...a witty, racy story with surprisingly serious undertones.
N-COUNT : with supp