| 单词 | monochrome |
| 释义 | monochrome (once / 14138 pages) adjn Things that are monochrome have different tones or shades of only one color. If you prefer to use monochrome film, it means that you love black and white photography. Use the adjective monochrome to describe something that's a single color. If you've ever watched an old black-and-white movie, you know what monochrome film looks like. You can also call a black-and-white photograph a monochrome. The Greek root, monochromos, means "of a single color," from monos, "single or one," and khroma, "color." Originally, it referred to art drawn or painted in tones of one color. WORD FAMILYmonochrome: monochromatic, monochromes, monochromic, monochromous USAGE EXAMPLESThey are a real competitor to the colorful use of the voice, which doesn’t happen with a piano, which is monochrome. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) Obviously, the Sharks weren’t entirely monochrome – their expansion uniforms also featured black, white and silver. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) De La Soul’s recent effort this year proved exactly how halfway attempts to modernize your sound can lead to it seeming monochrome. Washington Post(Nov 15, 2016) 1adj having or appearing to have only one color Syn monochromatic, monochromic, monochromous colored, colorful, coloured having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination 2n painting done in a range of tones of a single color Hyper painting, picture graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface 3n a black-and-white photograph or slide Syn|Hyper black and white exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
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