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单词 monotoned
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monotonedadj.

Brit. /ˈmɒnətəʊnd/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəˌtoʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: monotone n., -ed suffix2, monotone v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: In sense 1 < monotone n. + -ed suffix2; in sense 2 < monotone v. + -ed suffix1. Compare earlier monotone adj.
1. Of or in a single tone or colour.
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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > monochrome
claurie1486
self1562
whole-coloured1605
concolour1646
unicolorate1657
unicolorous1657
self-coloured1682
single-coloured1703
unicolor1781
monocoloured1798
monochromic1803
unicoloured1811
concolorous1840
monochrome1849
one-coloured1854
monochromous1857
monochroous1857
monotoned1857
unicolour1860
solid1883
sole-coloured1885
monochroic1886
whole1892
whole-colour1896
single-colour1935
monocolour1955
mono1970
monotonal1973
1857 F. L. Olmsted Journey through Texas 31 A slow rhythmic accompaniment to the progress, which, in so monotoned a panorama, becomes not unpleasant.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxxvi. 142 The monotoned wastes of the great Gold Desert.
1929 Pacific Affairs 2 639 There is an occasional and temporary touch of colour that relieves the quietness of the monotoned interior.
1955 R. Church Over Bridge (1956) xi. 137 A desolate colony of sparrows, their feathers monotoned and..drab.
2. Uttered in a monotone.
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1868 Harper's Mag. Sept. 486/1 The Captain marveled at this monotoned description of an ‘unpleasantness’.
1869 Harper's Mag. July 196/2 They are engaged in monotoned, gestureless, but earnest conversation.
1986 Shakespeare Q. 37 107 Lear..asked ‘how’..in his triple monotoned ‘Howl’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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