| 单词 | monotony |
| 释义 | monotony (once / 1075 pages) n Monotony is when you have too much of a boring thing: one tone of voice going on and on, one piece of flat music playing over and over, one infomercial droning on and on. There is no variety in monotony. Monotony goes back to the Greek root monotonos, which comes from mono-, "single," and tonos, "tone." One tone only equals monotony. A day with a lot of repetition, or monotony, is humdrum. When you get too much of the same boring, one-note thing, you experience monotony. Monotony. Monotony. WORD FAMILYmonotony: monotonies USAGE EXAMPLESUnlike his coach, Staal sees nothing wrong with relishing Saturday’s history, if only to spice up the monotony of the regular season. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) It also evokes the Old Faithful cam, which alternates stretches of monotony with bursts of geologically significant activity. Slate(Dec 08, 2016) The color combination bucks implied monotony thanks to glimmering metal, knotty textiles, and playful patterns. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1n constancy of tone or pitch or inflection Hyper constancy, stability the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation 2n the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work Syn|Hyper humdrum, sameness unvariedness characterized by an absence of variation |
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