英语词汇“monosyllables”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

He answered all their questions with monosyllables like “yes” and “no.”

Recent Examples on the Web But where the two Stegosaurus brothers speak in Jurassic monosyllables, Stegothesaurus has the gift of a bountiful vocabulary.

Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 June 2018 The result is an idiom of great spareness and simplicity:The words are short, mostly monosyllables.

Gregory Hays, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017 Original writer Derek Kolstad and director Chad Stahelski have returned for the sequel, alongside the taciturn Reeves, who brews up more of his Wickian magic while speaking infrequently and mostly in monosyllables.

Katie Walsh, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2017 Still on the ground, Huete answers with monosyllables before using a cell phone to call his sister, who arrived at the scene soon after …

James Hohmann, Washington Post, 26 May 2017 The title of Frantz is something else again, neither a piece of hand-holding nor an act of mild subversion, but a monosyllable with a gift for multitasking—and an index of the impacted richness that the film displays for roughly an hour.

Leo Robson, Newsweek, 4 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

modification of Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French monosyllabe, from Late Latin monosyllabon, from Greek, from neuter of monosyllabos having one syllable, from mon- + syllabē syllable

First Known Use

1533, in the meaning defined above

单词	monosyllables
释义	monosyllable noun mono·syl·la·ble ˈmä-nə-ˌsi-lə-bəl ˌmä-nə-ˈsi- : a word of one syllable Example Sentences He answered all their questions with monosyllables like “yes” and “no.” Recent Examples on the Web But where the two Stegosaurus brothers speak in Jurassic monosyllables, Stegothesaurus has the gift of a bountiful vocabulary. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 22 June 2018 The result is an idiom of great spareness and simplicity:The words are short, mostly monosyllables. Gregory Hays, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2017 Original writer Derek Kolstad and director Chad Stahelski have returned for the sequel, alongside the taciturn Reeves, who brews up more of his Wickian magic while speaking infrequently and mostly in monosyllables. Katie Walsh, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2017 Still on the ground, Huete answers with monosyllables before using a cell phone to call his sister, who arrived at the scene soon after … James Hohmann, Washington Post, 26 May 2017 The title of Frantz is something else again, neither a piece of hand-holding nor an act of mild subversion, but a monosyllable with a gift for multitasking—and an index of the impacted richness that the film displays for roughly an hour. Leo Robson, Newsweek, 4 May 2017 Word History Etymology modification of Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French monosyllabe, from Late Latin monosyllabon, from Greek, from neuter of monosyllabos having one syllable, from mon- + syllabē syllable First Known Use 1533, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition monosyllable noun mono·syl·la·ble ˈmä-nə-ˌsi-lə-bəl : a word of one syllable monosyllables noun plural of monosyllable as in phrases a lexical item that has only one syllable He answered all their questions with monosyllables like "yes" and "no." Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance phrases expressions words polysyllables morphemes linguistic forms speech forms terms idioms locutions collocations colloquialisms loanwords archaisms neologisms euphemisms coinages modernisms vernacularisms
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monosyllable

noun

Example Sentences

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