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monochrome

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Colours
mon·o·chrome /ˈmɒnəkrəʊm $ ˈmɑːnəkroʊm/ adjective  1 CCin shades of only one colour, especially shades of grey 单色的〔尤指灰色〕 We looked out over the grey, monochrome landscape. 我们向外面那一片灰蒙蒙的大地望去。2 CCa monochrome picture or screen uses only the colours black, white, and grey 〔图片、屏幕等〕黑白的 OPP colour a monochrome computer monitor 黑白电脑显示屏monochromatic /ˌmɒnəkrəˈmætɪk◂ $ ˌmɑː-/ adjective
Examples from the Corpus
monochromeMcCullin still prefers to shoot in monochrome.The brilliance of its colours turned the remembered garden outside into monochrome.The text is accompanied by an abundance of superb photographs, colour as well as monochrome.a monochrome color scheme for the roomIt's monochrome from now on, friend.DeskScan/UX allows scanning, viewing, manipulating for scale, contrast and brightness, storing and printing high-resolution colour and monochrome images.Output TableCurve output options include printing the curve-fit graphs and the data summaries in a high quality monochrome mode.Thurston has made a career in the art world out of sleek, minimal, monochrome paintings.There were some beautiful monochrome pictures of Yosemite.
Origin monochrome (1600-1700) Medieval Latin monochroma, from Greek, from mono- ( → MONO-) + chroma color
mon·o·chrome adjectiveChineseSyllable
especially of only shades shades one in colour, Corpus


monochrome
monochrome /ˈmɒnəkrəʊm $ ˈmɑːnəkroʊm/ adjective
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Medieval Latin
 Origin: monochroma, from Greek, from mono- ( mono-) + chroma 'color'
1. in shades of only one colour, especially shades of grey:
    We looked out over the grey, monochrome landscape.
2. a monochrome picture or screen uses only the colours black, white, and grey
   OPP  colour:
    a monochrome computer monitor
—monochromatic /ˌmɒnəkrəˈmætɪk◂ $ ˌmɑː-/ adjective


mono·chromeBrE /ˈmɒnəkrəʊm/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɑːnəkroʊm/ 🔊 adjective(of photographs, etc. 照片等) using only black, white and shades of grey 黑白的monochrome illustrations/images 黑白插图/肖像(figurative) a dull monochrome life枯燥单调的生活using different shades of one colour 单色的 mono·chro·mat·ic BrE /ˌmɒnəkrəˈmætɪk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɑːnəkroʊˈmætɪk/ 🔊 adjectivea monochromatic colour scheme单一色彩的调配 mono·chrome noun [uncountable] an artist who works in monochrome从事单色绘画的艺术家