monotone

1. N-COUNT 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. 一成不變的聲音; 單調(diào)的語調(diào)[usu sing, also 'in' N]

The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone. 證供被呆板地在庭上宣讀了一遍。

2. ADJ A monotone sound or surface does not have any variation in its tone or colour. (聲音或表層)單調(diào)的; 無變化的[usu ADJ n]

He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice. 人們看到他在電視上念經(jīng)似地就危機(jī)問題老調(diào)重彈。