monotone

英 [ˈmɒnətəʊn]

美 [ˈmɑːnətoʊn]

n.  单调; 单调的声音
adj.  (声音或色彩)单调的
vt.  单调地读

复数：monotones　

GRETEM8

BNC.22002 / COCA.19682

牛津词典

noun

• 单调；单调的声音
  a dull sound or way of speaking in which the tone and volume remain the same and therefore seem boring
  1. He spoke in a flat monotone.
     他说话单调低沉。

adj.

• （声音或色彩）单调的
  without any changes or differences in sound or colour
  1. He spoke in a monotone drawl.
     他用慢吞吞又单调的语气说话。
  2. monotone engravings
     单调的版画

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 单调的语调；一成不变的声音
  If someone speaks in amonotone, their voice does not vary at all in tone or loudness and so it is not interesting to listen to.
  1. The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone.
     证据被当庭呆板地宣读了一遍。
• ADJ (声音或外表)单调的，无变化的
  Amonotonesound or surface does not have any variation in its tone or colour.
  1. He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice.
     人们看到他在电视上念经似地就危机问题老调重弹。

英英释义

noun

• an unchanging intonation
  Synonym:dronedroning
• a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

adj

• sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
  1. the owl's faint monotonous hooting
  Synonym:flatmonotonicmonotonous
• of a sequence or function
  Synonym:monotonic

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