单词 | monotoned |
释义 | monotonedadj. 1. Of or in a single tone or colour. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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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