| 英语单词 | monotonous |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [mə'nɒtənəs] 美 [mə'nɑːtənəs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.单调的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The preacher's monotonous voice put me to sleep. (2) His monotonous whistling grated on her nerves. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 传教士单调的声音催我入眠。 (2) 他单调的口哨声令她的神经受不了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When something goes on and on and on and on and on, the same way, for a long time, that's monotonous. Monotonous things are boring and repetitive, like that long story you've heard your brother tell a hundred times before. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Ever hear a song that just sounds like the same thing over and over? Ever hear a dog that keeps barking all day? Or a voice that's dull and unchanging in tone? All those things are monotonous: they don't change much, and they're dull as dishwater. Anything tedious or humdrum is probably monotonous. If someone says you're being monotonous, try to vary your tone of voice or the things you're talking about. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]单调乏味的;毫无变化的 Something that is monotonous is very boring because it has a regular, repeated pattern which never changes.
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