mono

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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mon·o1 /ˈmɒnəʊ $ ˈmɑːnoʊ/ noun [uncountable] informal  1. American EnglishMI an infectious illness that makes your lymph nodes swell and makes you feel weak and tired for a long time afterwards 传染性单核细胞增多症 SYN British English glandular fever2. TCBa system of recording or broadcasting sound, in which all the sound comes from only one direction 单声道录[放]音系统 → stereo

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mono• Of the main stereo outputs, the left doubles for mono.

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mono2 adjective  TCBusing a system of recording or broadcasting sound, in which all the sound comes from only one direction 单声道的 → stereo an old mono recording 老式的单声道录音

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mono• a mono recordingmono- /mɒnəʊ, -nə $ -noʊ, -nə/ prefix ONLYone 一个，单一 a monoplane (=a plane with only one wing on each side) 单翼（飞）机 a monolingual dictionary (=dealing with only one language) 单语词典

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mono-• a monolingual dictionary• a monosyllabic wordOrigin mono- French Latin, from Greek, from monos “alone, single” mono1 1. (1900-2000) mononucleosis2. (1900-2000) monophonic “mono” ((20-21 centuries))

mon·o1 nounmono2 adjectivemono- prefixChineseSyllable  

makes that Corpus an infectious lymph illness your

mono

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mon‧o¹ /ˈmɒnəʊ $ ˈmɑːnoʊ/ noun [uncountable] informal1. American English an infectious illness that makes your lymph nodes swell and makes you feel weak and tired for a long time afterwards
   SYN  glandular fever British English
2. a system of recording or broadcasting sound, in which all the sound comes from only one direction ⇨ stereo

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mono² adjective
using a system of recording or broadcasting sound, in which all the sound comes from only one direction ⇨ stereo:
    an old mono recording