Al$A:jiiAT&: He went into a long monologue about life
in
long speech in a play, film/movie, etc. spoken by one
actor, especially when alone ( $Jgi|,
3 [C, U] a dramatic story, especially in verse, told or performed by one person <f£( )&: a dramatic monologue — compare dialogue, soliloquy
mono-mania /.mnna'meinia; NAmE 'main-/ noun [u] (psychology X) too much
interest in or enthusiasm for just one thing so that it is not healthy #-£E, ( X
SttlttStt )
mono nucle osis /.mDnau.njuikli'ausis; NAmE .mainou- .nuikli'ousis/ noun [U] {NAmE or BrE, medical |£) = GLANDULAR FEVER
mono-phon-ic /,mona'fnmk; NAmE .maina'faimk/ adj. (music #) = mono
adj.
mono-ph-thong /'mnnafBm]; NAmE 'mainafBairj; 'mai-
na0-/ noun {phonetics iff #) a speech sound that consists of
only one vowel sound, for example the sound /u:/ in queue /kju:/ f ief —
compare diphthong, triphthong ► mono ph thong-al /.mnnaf 0nr)l; NAmE ,ma:naf 0airjl; ,maina'0-/ adj.
mono-plane /'mDnaplein; NAmE 'ma:-/ noun an early type of plane with one set of wings X M
A #1 — compare BIPLANE
mon-op-ol-ist /ma'nDpalist; NAmE ma'naip-/ noun {technical A iff) a person or company that has a monopoly
£«?#;
mon op ol is tic /ma.nDpa'listik; NAmE ma.naipa-/ adj. (formal) controlling or
trying to get complete control over sth, especially an industry or a company ;
mm
monopol ize {BrE also -ise) /ma'nnpalaiz; NAmE ma'naip-/ verb [VN] 1 to have or take control of the largest part
of sth so that other people are prevented from sharing it ^ ; XL A: Men traditionally
monopolized
jobs in the printing industry. ± ,
#A&MT&li!li7ikXXl#r
# I „ 0 As usual, she completely monopolized the conversation. fP ft A - - THlkikiio 2 to have or take a
large part of sb’s attention or time so that they are unable to speak to or
deal with other people A A ( ^AMASPfr&fe A ) ; MdX HA;
MA&jfflft ► mon op ol iza tion, -isa-tion /ma.nnpalai'zeij'n; NAmE ma.naipala'z-/ noun [U]
mon op oly /ma'nnpali; NAmE ma'naip-/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 ~ (in/of/on sth) {business the complete
control of trade in particular goods or the supply of a particular service; a
type of goods or a service that is controlled in this way mm-, ) : In
the
past central government had a monopoly on television broadcasting. jiA, X @ if
O Electricity, gas and water were
considered to be natural monopolies. r&, AMiAA
H M ^ o — compare duopoly 2 [usually sing.] ~ in/of/on sth the complete control, possession or use of
sth; a thing that belongs only to one person or group and that other people
cannot share M £; A M; #XJ iSi : Managers do not have a monopoly
on stress. #AR o A good education should not be the monopoly of the
rich.
& He J$ A ^ Atf)
fij o 3 Monopoly™ a board game in which players have to
pretend to buy and sell land and houses, using pieces of paper that look like
money “ AHH” (
am, )
Mo'nopoly money noun [U] money that
does not really exist or has no real value fg # ^; A §£ P* ft ^ : Inflation was so high that the
notes were like Monopoly money, “A&&”
fflf $ * A # o BT:TTflT7l From the toy money
used in
the board game Monopoly, ilg
SUM*,
mono-rail /'mnneureil; NAmE 'mainou-/ noun 1 [U] a railway/railroad system in which trains
travel along a track consisting of a single rail, usually one placed high above
the ground 2 [C] a train
used in a monorail system
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mono-semy /'mDnasiimi; NAmE 'main-/ noun [U]
(linguistics iff
If) the fact of having only one meaning XXfA
mono-ski /'nronaskii; NAmE 'main-/ noun a
wide ski on which you put both
your feet ► mono-ski
ing
noun [U]
mono-sodium glu ta mate /.mnna.saodiam gluita- meit; NAmE .maina.sou-/
noun [U]
{abbr. MSG)
a
chemical that is sometimes added to food to improve its flavour
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monosyllabic /.mDnosi'laebik; NAmE .main-/
adj.
1
having only one syllable X- #X ; a monosyllabic word XWXis] 2 (of a person or
their way of speaking Al&iftilfAA) saying very little, in a way that
appears rude to other people %WiH&GX
monosyllable /‘nmnasitebl; NAmE ‘main-/
noun a
word with only one syllable, for example, ‘it’ or ‘no’ X TlrXis]
mono the ism /'mDnao0iizam; NAmE 'mainou-/ noun [U]
the belief that there is only one God — If He; — # i£ — compare polytheism ► mono the ist /'mDnao0iist; NAmE 'mainou-/
noun mono-the-is-tic
/.mnnauOi'istik;
NAmE .mainou-/
adj.
mono-tone /'mnnataun; NAmE 'mainatoun/ noun, adj. m noun [sing.]
a
dull sound or way of speaking in which the tone and volume remain the same and
therefore seem boring X iJI; X id (ft X # : He spoke in a flat monotone.
madj. [only before noun] without any changes or
differences in sound or colour ( r*# )
XiHW: He
spoke
in a monotone drawl, liftin'
i$ 0 o monotone engravings X iJ| (ft Wl 05 mon ot on ous /ma'nntanas; NAmE ma'nait-/
adj. never
changing and therefore boring XiH HTl dull,
repetitious : a monotonous
voice/diet/routine X- ilf X /
tA# / H monotonous work XMX
ufctftXfE 0 New secretaries came and went
with monotonous
regularity. 4AA®0
►mon
otonously
adv.
mon ot ony /ma'nDtani; NAmE ma'nait-/
noun [U] boring lack of
variety X iH X A; XU X#: She watches television to relieve the monotony of everyday life.
mono treme /'nmnatriim; NAmE 'main-/
noun {technical A iff) a class of
animal including the echidna and the platypus, which lays eggs, but also gives milk to its babies
X?LiA^ ( )
mono-un-sat-ur-ated fat /.mnnauAn.saetJareitid 'faet; NAmE .mainou-/
noun [C,
U] a type of fat found, for example, in olives and nuts, which does not encourage the harmful
development of cholesterol j^. A
# # ) — see also polyunsaturated fat, satur
ated FAT, TRANS FAT
mono-zyg-ot-ic twin /.mnnauzai'gntik twin; NAmE .mainouzai'gaitik/
(also mono-zyg-ous
twin /.mDnau-
'zaigas twin; NAmE .mainou-/) noun {technical A
ilf) = identical twin — compare dizygotic twin the Mon-roe Doc-trine /man.rau 'dDktrin; NAmE man.rou 'daik-/ noun a
part of US foreign policy that states that the US will act to protect its own
interests in N and S America »' J^±X (
M;lgdfJI From the
name of US President James Monroe, who first stated
the policy in 1823. M S A® &&LM • XW (James Monroe) &)£¥, MX 1823
Mon-si gnor /mnn'siinj0(r); NAmE main-/
noun
{abbr. Mgr)
used
as a title when speaking to or about a priest of high rank in the Roman
Catholic Church AA ( A±&£«X**£IRA) mon-soon /.rmm'suin; NAmE .main-/ noun 1 a
period of heavy rain in summer in S Asia; the rain that falls during this
period (jMME#J)M^,
a wind in S Asia that blows from the south-west in
summer, bringing rain, and the north-east in winter ^