monotones是什么意思？

monotones

• n. 单调的语调，单调的声音( monotone的名词复数 )；

例句

• He spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony. 他讲话简短而客观,完全是一种典型的警察作证的样子.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  单调的语调；一成不变的声音
  If someone speaks in a monotone, their voice does not vary at all in tone or loudness and so it is not interesting to listen to.
  例句
  The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone. 证据被当庭呆板地宣读了一遍。
• ADJ
  (声音或外表)单调的，无变化的
  A monotone sound or surface does not have any variation in its tone or colour.
  例句
  He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice. 人们看到他在电视上念经似地就危机问题老调重弹。