Tuneful describes music, singing, or any sound that is pleasant to listen to because it has a clear, nice melody you can follow. The word is really saying: this has a good tune in it.

Tuneful Tuneful describes music, singing, or any sound形容音樂、歌聲、或任何聲音 that is pleasant to listen to聽起來很舒服 because it has a clear, nice melody you can follow因為它有清楚、好聽、跟得上的旋律 The word is really saying這個字其實就是在說 this has a good tune in it裡面有一段好聽的曲調

You use it about songs, about a musical, about someone's voice, about a bird singing outside your window.

You use it about songs可以用來形容歌曲 about a musical用在音樂劇上 about someone's voice用在某個人的嗓音上 about a bird singing outside your window或用在窗外一隻在唱歌的鳥身上

There is a particular flavour to this word that a dictionary line does not show you. Tuneful is usually praise, but it is gentle, slightly old-fashioned praise — the kind of word you find in a newspaper review or from an older speaker, not something a teenager says about a song they love.

There is a particular flavour to this word這個字有一種特別的味道 that a dictionary line does not show you是字典的解釋不會告訴你的 Tuneful is usually praise Tuneful通常是一種稱讚 but it is gentle, slightly old-fashioned praise但是一種溫和、有點老派的稱讚 the kind of word you find in a newspaper review是你會在報紙樂評裡看到的那種字 or from an older speaker或年紀比較大的人才會說的字 not something a teenager says about a song they love而不是青少年講到自己喜歡的歌時會用的字

And critics sometimes use it with a small sting: calling a piece of music "tuneful" can quietly mean "pleasant, easy on the ear — but not deep, not important". So a reviewer might write that a musical was "tuneful but forgettable". Read the whole sentence before deciding how warm the compliment is.

And critics sometimes use it with a small sting而樂評有時候用這個字會帶一點小刺 calling a piece of music "tuneful"把一段音樂說成"tuneful" can quietly mean可能悄悄是在說 "pleasant, easy on the ear — but not deep, not important"「好聽、順耳——但不深刻、不重要」 So a reviewer might write所以樂評可能會寫 that a musical was "tuneful but forgettable"這齣音樂劇被寫成"tuneful but forgettable"（好聽但不會記住） Read the whole sentence先讀完整句話 before deciding how warm the compliment is再判斷這句稱讚有多少誠意

It also carries a hint of the traditional. Music described as tuneful tends to have melodies that go somewhere you can hum along with, as opposed to modern music that is deliberately difficult or built on rhythm rather than melody.

It also carries a hint of the traditional它還帶一點傳統的味道 Music described as tuneful被說成tuneful的音樂 tends to have melodies that go somewhere you can hum along with通常有可以跟著哼的旋律走向 as opposed to modern music相對於現代音樂 that is deliberately difficult刻意寫得很難 or built on rhythm rather than melody或是靠節奏而不是旋律來架構的

Related forms: tunefully (the adverb) and tunefulness (the noun). The opposite is tuneless.

Related forms相關的字 tunefully (the adverb)有副詞tunefully and tunefulness (the noun)和名詞tunefulness The opposite is tuneless反義字是tuneless