1660s, "painting or drawing done in different tints of a single color," from Greek monochromos "of a single color," from monos "single, alone" (see mono-) + khroma (genitive khromatos) "color, complexion, skin" (see chroma). As an adjective from 1849. Photographic sense is recorded from 1940.
雙語例句
1. Printing a black-and-white negative on to colour paper produces a similar monochrome effect.
將一張黑白底片沖印到彩色相紙上會產生相似的單色效果。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
他在大衛·林奇的電影《象人》中所拍攝的那些渲染氣氛的黑白鏡頭受到了好評。
來自柯林斯例句
3. "Scene with a Winding River" (1827) is a near-monochrome portrayal of a wood infused with silvery light.
《有彎彎河流的風景》（1827年）是一幅近乎單色調的繪畫，描繪的是沐浴在銀色光線里的一片樹林。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Monochrome reproductions of natural daylight scenes are totally unnatural in appearance.
天然光照射下的景物若以黑白方式來重現,看起來總感到不夠自然.
來自辭典例句
5. In monochrome maps, of course, colour variation cannot be employed at all.