Word · Frequency #15123
monologue
独白
a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
- 1.
A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
剧中一人长篇独白；有时为内心独白,有时对其他角色说。
- 2.
A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
作为娱乐的长篇笑话或喜剧故事串。
- 3.
A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
滔滔不绝、独占对话的长篇话语。
滔滔不绝的话；长篇大论；剧中一人长篇独白；有时为内心独白,有时对其他角色说。；作为娱乐的长篇笑话或喜剧故事串。；滔滔不绝、独占对话的长篇话语。；独脚戏
In use
During the team meeting, his ten-minute monologue left everyone else unable to contribute.
Every time we visit my grandmother, she launches into a long monologue about her garden.
I tried to end the phone call, but my friend's monologue continued for another half hour.
give/deliver a monologue
deliver 比 give 更正式，多用于戏剧或演讲场合。
She delivered a monologue at the beginning of the play.
她在剧作开头表演了一段独白。
a monologue about sth
about 引出独白或长篇大论的话题；在较正式语境中也可用 on。
His monologue about the environment went on for an hour.
他关于环境的长篇大论持续了一个小时。
launch into a monologue
Connections
Collocations
- deliver a monologue
- 发表独白；进行独白表演
- The actor delivered a powerful monologue about loss.演员发表了一段关于失去的强有力的独白。
- internal monologue
- 内心独白
- Her internal monologue was full of self-doubt.她的内心独白充满了自我怀疑。
- dramatic monologue
- 戏剧独白
- The poem is a dramatic monologue spoken by a murderer.这首诗是一个杀人犯的戏剧独白。
- long monologue
- 长篇独白；滔滔不绝的话
- He went into a long monologue about his childhood.他就自己的童年滔滔不绝地讲了很久。
- opening monologue
- 开场独白；开场段子
- The comedian's opening monologue got a big laugh.这位喜剧演员的开场独白引来哄堂大笑。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
mono像“一个”，logue像“说话”：一个人不停说话，别人插不上嘴，就是独白。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：theatre/film、everyday conversation monologue 作“独白”讲时是中性词，通常用于戏剧、影视或文学评论；在非正式口语中，它也可指某人滔滔不绝、让旁人插不上话，这时多带不满的语气。使用时应根据场合选择合适含义。
Grammar Note
口语中可指某人滔滔不绝说个没完，含贬义；正式语境多指戏剧中的独白。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all end in the spelling -logue, and in BrE their final syllable is pronounced /lɒɡ/. However, none is a true rhyme of monologue /ˈmɒnəlɒɡ/ because the stressed vowel in the first syllable differs (monologue has /ɒ/, while the others have /aɪ/, /æ/, /e/, or /əʊ/). Treat them as useful lookalikes, not as rhyming words.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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