| 单词 | monosyllabic |
| 释义 | monosyllabic (mɒnoʊsɪlæbɪk ) adjective If you refer to someone or the way they speak as monosyllabic, you mean that they say very little, usually because they do not want to have a conversation. He could be gruff and monosyllabic. Collocations: monosyllabic answer I chat away, only to be met with monosyllabic answers. Times, Sunday Times He gives monosyllabic answers to the simplest of questions in a vain attempt to close down any area of questioning about his public life. The Sun The result was an excruciating seven-minute film in which he barks monosyllabic answers at an increasingly nervous journalist. The Sun |
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