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.
实用例句
1. Printing a black-and-white negative on to colour paper produces a similar monochrome effect.
将一张黑白底片冲印到彩色相纸上会产生相似的单色效果。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He received praise for the atmospheric monochrome shots in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.
他在大卫·林奇的电影《象人》中所拍摄的那些渲染气氛的黑白镜头受到了好评。
来自柯林斯例句
3. "Scene with a Winding River" (1827) is a near-monochrome portrayal of a wood infused with silvery light.
《有弯弯河流的风景》（1827年）是一幅近乎单色调的绘画，描绘的是沐浴在银色光线里的一片树林。
来自柯林斯例句
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来重现,看起来总感到不够自然.
来自辞典例句
5. In monochrome maps, of course, colour variation cannot be employed at all.
