monotone英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A single unvaried tone of speech or a sound. countable,uncountable

— When Tima felt like her parents were treating her like a servant, she would speak in monotone and act as though she were a robot.
A piece of writing in one strain throughout. countable,uncountable

动词 v.

To speak in a monotone. ambitransitive

形容词 adj.

Having a single unvaried pitch.

— The prominence of the syllables is more monotone than in English, the intonation of the latter having a larger variation of stressed and unstressed syllables.
Of a function: that is always nonincreasing or nondecreasing on an interval.

— The function f(x)#58;#61;x³ is monotone on #92;R, while g(x)#58;#61;x² is not.
Synonym of monochrome.

词形变化

more monotone comparative most monotone superlative monotones plural monotones present,singular,third-person monotoning participle,present monotoned participle,past monotoned past

词汇关系

衍生词

antimonotone monotone function monotoneity monotonize nonmonotone positone pseudomonotone monotone convergence theorem monotonic monotonous monotony

词源

词源 1

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.

词源 2

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.

词源 3

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.