rhythm
n
1
(a) [U] pattern produced by emphasis and duration of notes in music or by stressed and unstressed syllables in words (音乐或词语的)节奏.
(b) [C] instance of this 节奏
play the same tune in/with a different rhythm 用不同节奏演奏同一个曲子
Latin-American rhythms 拉丁美洲的音乐节奏.
(c) [U, C] movement with a regular succession of strong and weak elements 节律
the rhythm of her heart/pulse beating 她的心跳[脉搏]的节律.
2 [U] (infml 口) ability to move, dance, etc in time with a fixed beat 节奏感
a natural sense of rhythm 天生的节奏感.
3 [U, C] (fig 比喻) constantly recurring sequence of events or processes (事件或过程)有规律的反复出现
the rhythm of the tides, seasons 潮汐的涨落、 四季的循环
biological rhythms, eg of the human body 生物节律(如人体的).
This person recognized the words for river and guitar, and so Haley thought that his ancestor must have come from Gambia.
这个人认出了表示“江”和“吉他”的这两个词,于是哈利就认为他的祖先准是来自冈比亚。
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