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单词 monotone
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
mon•o•tone /ˈmɑnəˌtoʊn/USA pronunciation   n. [countable* usually singular]
  1. a sound of one unchanging tone or pitch:speaking in a boring monotone.
See -ton-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
mon•o•tone  (monə tōn′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
  2. a single tone without harmony or variation in pitch.
  3. recitation or singing of words in such a tone.
  4. a person who is unable to discriminate between or to reproduce differences in musical pitch, esp. in singing.
  5. sameness of tone or color, sometimes to a boring degree.

adj. 
  1. monotonous.
  2. consisting of or characterized by a uniform tone of one color:a monotone drape.Cf. monochromatic (defs. 1, 2).
  3. [Math.]monotonic (def. 2).
  • Late Greek monótonos monotonous
  • French monotone
  • 1635–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
monotone /ˈmɒnəˌtəʊn/ n
  1. a single unvaried pitch level in speech, sound, etc
  2. utterance, etc, without change of pitch
  3. lack of variety in style, expression. etc
adj
  1. unvarying or monotonous
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