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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries单调
Pronunciation / Transliteration: dāndiào
"他用单调的声音读完了整篇报告。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A succession of sounds or words uttered in a single unvarying pitch.
"The professor's lecture was delivered in a dull monotone that made many students sleepy."
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Continuing in or produced with a single unchanging tone or color scheme.
"The artist created a striking monotone painting using various shades of deep blue."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek words 'monos' meaning 'single' or 'alone' and 'tonos' meaning 'tone' or 'pitch'. The term entered scientific and musical vocabulary in the late 17th century to describe sounds lacking variation in pitch, later expanding metaphorically to describe visual patterns and emotional delivery.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Monotone" is said worldwide
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monotone
Transliteration: monotone
"Il a parlé d'un ton monotone pendant toute la réunion."
Monotonie
Transliteration: Monotonie
"Seine Rede war voller Monotonie und ließ die Zuhörer ermüden."
monotono
Transliteration: monotono
"La sua voce monotono ha reso il discorso noioso."
monótono
Transliteration: monótono
"El conferenciante hablaba en un tono monótono."
monótono
Transliteration: monótono
"O som da chuva era constante e monótono."
एकरस
Transliteration: ekras
"उसका भाषण एकरस और उबाऊ था।"
单调
Transliteration: dāndiào
"他用单调的声音读完了整篇报告。"
단조로움
Transliteration: danjoroum
"그의 목소리는 단조로워서 사람들을 졸리게 했다."
単調
Transliteration: tantō
"彼の話し方は単調で面白みに欠けていた。"
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