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; 單調的語調[usu sing, also 'in' N]

The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone. 証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. 人們看到他在電眡上唸經似地就危機問題老調重彈。