keynote
['ki`not]
n. 调音, 音, 调

vt. 政策, 调

[医] 治性(势疗词)



keynote
[ noun ]

1. the principal theme in a speech or literary work

<noun.communication>

2. a fundamental or central idea

<noun.cognition>

3. (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

<noun.communication>

[ verb ]

1. set the keynote of

<verb.change>
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2. give the keynote address to (an audience)

<verb.communication>

Keynote \Key"note`\, n.
1. (Mus.) The tonic or first tone of the scale in which a
piece or passage is written; the fundamental tone of the
chord, to which all the modulations of the piece are
referred; -- called also {key tone}.

2. The fundamental fact or idea; that which gives the key;
as, the keynote of a policy or a sermon.