I knew Uncle George was around when I heard that tuneless whistle of his.

一听到乔治叔叔那不成调的口哨声，我就知道他来了。

Once, Emma McChesney and Ethel Morrissey exchanged covert looks when they heard her crooning one of those tuneless chants that women hum when they wring out dishcloths in soapy water.

有一次，艾玛·麦克 (Emma McChesney) 和埃塞尔·莫里西 (Ethel Morrissey) 听到她低声唱着女人们在用肥皂水拧干哼出的那种无调的歌声，她们偷偷交换了一个眼神。

The sounds of a tuneless piano again assailed his ears, but this time it was not a rhapsody that was played, but a study by Clementi, and, as before, with unusual force, precision and rapidity.

一首无调的钢琴声再次传入他的耳朵，但这一次演奏的不是狂想曲，而是克莱门蒂的一首曲子，而且和以前一样，具有不同寻常的力量、精确度和速度。