请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 monochrome
释义

Trends of
monochrome

View usage for:

monochrome

(mɒnəkroʊm)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A monochrome film, photograph, or television shows black, white, and shades of grey, but no other colours.
...color and monochrome monitors.
...scratchy monochrome movies.
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A monochrome picture uses only one colour in various shades.
...an old monochrome etching of a brewery.

monochrome in British English

(ˈmɒnəˌkrəʊm)
noun
1. 
a black-and-white photograph or transparency
2.  photography
black and white
3. 
a. 
a painting, drawing, etc, done in a range of tones of a single colour
b. 
the technique or art of this
4. (modifier)
executed in or resembling monochrome
a monochrome print
adjective
5. 
devoid of any distinctive or stimulating characteristics
Also called (for senses 3, 4): monotint
Derived forms
monochromic (ˌmonoˈchromic) or monochromical (ˌmonoˈchromical)
adjective
monochromist (ˈmonoˌchromist)
noun
Word origin
C17: via Medieval Latin from Greek monokhrōmos of one colour

monochrome in American English

(ˈmɑnəˌkroʊm)
noun
1. 
a painting, drawing, design, or photograph in one color or shades of one color
2. 
the art or process of making these
adjective
3. 
of or done in one color or shades of one color
Derived forms
monochromic (ˌmonoˈchromic)
adjective
monochromist (ˈmonoˌchromist)
noun
Word origin
ML monochroma < Gr monochrōmos, of one color: see mono- & -chrome

Examples of 'monochrome' in a sentence
monochrome

He makes monochrome white pictures.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Wear with simple monochrome or clash with a pop of fuchsia.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The landscape around changes from colour to monochrome.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Keep it looking slick with a monochrome palette.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The shape will flatter and enhance and the monochrome print has a whiff of vintage decadence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But what must it be like to live in a totally monochrome world?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Go for monochrome colours and then add bright shoes for a dramatic contrast.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Go for a tailored outfit in monochrome or smudged colour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Just combine your favourite high street prints with some monochrome pieces, to get pretty mixed up.
The Sun (2013)
Berlin's monochrome world view is now under attack.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Sticking to a monochrome make-up palette will similarly mask a multitude of skin sins.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If uncertain about colours, use monochrome screens.
Mill, Wendy Chalmers Repetitive Strain Injury (1994)
The resulting book features almost 90 monochrome images of people and animals in some of the harshest and inaccessible landscapes on earth.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The clothes were densely detailed and embellished, with graphic prints and chain details adding points of interest to a mainly monochrome palette.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
On the facing wall, three upright, monochrome paintings of branches and leaves echo the mirrors.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As a cast of characters for a suite of grainy, monochrome photographs, these subjects do well enough.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
When they visited Britain after the war, they lit up a monochrome world where food and petrol were still rationed.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
随便看

　

英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/1/9 18:03:33