monotone
/ˈmɒnətəʊn//ˈmɑnətoʊn/
- adj.
- 单调的
- n.
- 单调
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 古希腊语Ancient Greek约前 1500–前 300 年
派生
- 英语English
monotone
词源说明
From the post-Classical Latin monotonus (“unvarying in tone”) or its etymon the Ancient Greek μονότονος (monótonos, “steady”, “unwavering”); compare cognate adjectives, namely the French monotone, the German monoton, the Italian monotono, and the Spanish monótono, as well as the slightly earlier English noun monotony and adjective monotonical.
释义
形容词adjective
- 1of speech or a soundHaving a single unvaried pitch.
- 2(mathematics) Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.
- 3(printing) Synonym of monochrome.