monotone

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈmɒn.ə.təʊn/    /ˈmɑ.nə.toʊn/|/ˈmɔn.ə.təʉn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound. countable,uncountable
    — When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot.
  2. A piece of writing in one strain throughout. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To speak in a monotone. ambitransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a single unvaried pitch.
    — The prominence of the syllables is more monotone than in English, the intonation of the latter having a larger variation of stressed and unstressed syllables.
  2. Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.
    — The function f(x)#58;#61;x³ is monotone on #92;R, while g(x)#58;#61;x² is not.
  3. Synonym of monochrome.

词形变化

more monotone comparative most monotone superlative monotones plural monotones present,singular,third-person monotoning participle,present monotoned participle,past monotoned past

词源

词源 1
From the post-Classical Latin monotonus (“unvarying in tone”) or its etymon the Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “steady”, “unwavering”); compare cognate adjectives, namely the French monotone, the German monoton, the Italian monotono, and the Spanish monótono, as well as the slightly earlier English noun monotony and adjective monotonical.
词源 2
From the post-Classical Latin monotonus (“unvarying in tone”) or its etymon the Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “steady”, “unwavering”); compare cognate adjectives, namely the French monotone, the German monoton, the Italian monotono, and the Spanish monótono, as well as the slightly earlier English noun monotony and adjective monotonical.
词源 3
From the post-Classical Latin monotonus (“unvarying in tone”) or its etymon the Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “steady”, “unwavering”); compare cognate adjectives, namely the French monotone, the German monoton, the Italian monotono, and the Spanish monótono, as well as the slightly earlier English noun monotony and adjective monotonical.
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