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monotone

/mon-uh-tohn/US // ˈmɒn əˌtoʊn //UK // (ˈmɒnəˌtəʊn) //

单调,单声道,单调的,单音

Related Words

tedium乏味,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味的生活dreariness枯燥无味,沉闷,枯燥乏味,沉闷的气氛humdrum烦闷,低调,俗气,烦人flatness平坦度,平整度,平坦性,平面度dryness干性,干燥,燥症,燥sameness同一性,同质性,相同性,同质化uniformity统一性,均匀性,一致性,统一similarity相似性,类似性,相容性,相似度evenness均匀性,均匀度,匀称性,平整度routine常规,例行公事,日常工作,常规的dullness暗淡无光,暗淡,沉闷,呆滞continuity连续性continuance延续性,延续,继续,继续执行likeness类似性,类似物,类似度,类似identicalness相同性,一致性,同一性,相同点oneness本体,合一,合一性,一体化tediousness乏味,乏味性,乏味的,烦琐ennui忧郁症,厌烦,忧郁,厌恶repetitiveness反复性,重复性,复性,复发性tiresomeness厌烦,厌倦,烦人,厌倦了

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a vocal utterance or series of speech sounds in one unvaried tone.
    • : a single tone without harmony or variation in pitch.
    • : recitation or singing of words in such a tone.
    • : a person who is unable to discriminate between or to reproduce differences in musical pitch, especially in singing.
    • : sameness of tone or color, sometimes to a boring degree.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : monotonous.
    • : consisting of or characterized by a uniform tone of one color: a monotone drape.Compare monochromatic.
    • : Mathematics. monotonic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounmonotony
Synonyms
colorlessness无色性,无色,无色的,无色透明continuance延续性,延续,继续,继续执行continuity连续性dreariness枯燥无味,沉闷,枯燥乏味,沉闷的气氛dryness干性,干燥,燥症,燥dullness暗淡无光,暗淡,沉闷,呆滞ennui忧郁症,厌烦,忧郁,厌恶evenness均匀性,均匀度,匀称性,平整度flatness平坦度,平整度,平坦性,平面度humdrum烦闷,低调,俗气,烦人identicalness相同性,一致性,同一性,相同点invariability一致性,不变性,恒定性,不变量likeness类似性,类似物,类似度,类似oneness本体,合一,合一性,一体化repetitiousness反复性,重复性,反复无常,反覆性repetitiveness反复性,重复性,复性,复发性routine常规,例行公事,日常工作,常规的sameness同一性,同质性,相同性,同质化similarity相似性,类似性,相容性,相似度tediousness乏味,乏味性,乏味的,烦琐tedium乏味,枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥乏味的生活tiresomeness厌烦,厌倦,烦人,厌倦了unchangeableness不变性,不变,不变的,永不改变uniformity统一性,均匀性,一致性,统一equability公平性,平等性,公平,平等levelness平整性,水平度,平整度,平坦性monotonousness单调性,单调乏味,单调,单调的same old thing老样子,老一套,老东西,老一套的东西wearisomeness磨损,疲惫,疲惫感,损耗

Examples

  • The new voice TikTok has now added is more upbeat, which doesn’t work as well in some videos where the point was to use a monotone.

  • We work virtually together often, and his WFH situation is in a room far away from his WiFi source, which means I spend a lot of time staring at his frozen face while repeating his name in monotone during important conversations.

  • The computer graphics are monotone overlaid in Lucky Charms leprechaun green.

  • “And to see great fashion,” he added half-heartedly, in monotone and with no punctuation.

  • Not too long ago, the market hybrid cars seemed similarly monotone.

  • Hours passed by and the judge read his charges in a monotone.

  • His soft, calm monotone never fluctuates, adding an extra creepy factor.

  • He spoke in a wheezy, solemn monotone, from which all elements of life and joy seemed to have been eliminated.

  • Gradually the muffled beat of hoofs grew more pronounced, a shuffling monotone that filled the night.

  • One day, feverish and excited, he played on in monotone almost listless.

  • "We did gey well," he resumed in his even monotone, like a man who was repeating something he had learned by heart.

  • He stood amid that silence, hearing only a faint whisper from the river, a far-off monotone from the falls beyond the chute.

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