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单词 monotony
释义 mo·not·o·ny
\-təalso -tn-, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Greek monotonia, from monotonos + -ia -y
1. : sameness that produces boredom : lack of the variety that provides interest and stimulation : the same thing over and over : depressing uniformity
 < the desire for change, for novelty, for a relief from the monotony of every day — Aldous Huxley >
 < the little shows and sports and well-meant activities that relieve the monotony of toil — G.B.Shaw >
 < the monotony of the brush plains to the eastward — Kenneth Roberts >
2. : sameness or uniformity of tone or sound or the utterance or use of one unvarying tone or sound
 < a dominant rhythm persists above loose phrasing and verbal monotony — H.V.Gregory >
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