monosyllables
n．单音节词：只有一个音节的词。
例句
A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.
他不爱说话，对我的问题一两个字就打发了。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Only the monosyllables can still be relied on, and not even all of them.
只有单音节的词还能依赖，但也不是全部。
Steve's final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times.
数小时前，史蒂夫最后说了几个单音节词，还说了三遍。
