单词 | one-note |
释义 | > as lemmasone-note one-note adj. (a) (of a piece of music) involving only one note; (b) (in extended use) having only one noteworthy feature; of limited complexity; dull, repetitive, monotonous. ΚΠ 1909 Washington Post 28 Aug. 7/4 A number of motor cars in Paris are now fitted with a musical instrument which is delightful compared with the old one-note horn. 1921 Philos. Rev. 30 276 Melody..is added to relieve the monotony of the one-note, equal-spaced sounds. 1956 Ames (Iowa) Daily Tribune 22 Sept. 8/4 Van Heflin has a role that enables him again to prove..that he is distinctly not a one-note actor. 1997 N.Y. Times 20 June b21/3 [He] may wryly send up his own genre, but..his ‘brand of humor eventually proves one-note and thin’. < as lemmas |
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