rhythm

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The variation of strong and weak elements (such as duration, accent) of sounds, notably in speech or music, over time; a beat or meter. countable,uncountable
    — Dance to the rhythm of the music.
  2. A specifically defined pattern of such variation. countable,uncountable
    — Most dances have a rhythm as distinctive as the Iambic verse in poetry
  3. A flow, repetition or regularity. countable,uncountable
    — Once you get the rhythm of it, the job will become easy.
  4. The tempo or speed of a beat, song or repetitive event. countable,uncountable
    — We walked with a quick, even rhythm.
  5. The musical instruments which provide rhythm (mainly; not or less melody) in a musical ensemble. countable,uncountable
    — The Baroque term basso continuo is virtually equivalent to rhythm
  6. A regular quantitative change in a variable (notably natural) process. countable,uncountable
    — The rhythm of the seasons dominates agriculture as well as wildlife
  7. Controlled repetition of a phrase, incident or other element as a stylistic figure in literature and other narrative arts; the effect it creates. countable,uncountable
    — The running gag is a popular rhythm in motion pictures and theater comedy
  8. A person's natural feeling for rhythm. countable,uncountable
    — That girl's got rhythm, watch her dance!
动词 v.
  1. To impart a (particular) rhythm to. transitive
    — The pamphlet, writes Muray, 'is the supremely affirmative form in which nothing can be turned around, rhythmed or played with in synonyms and rhymes'.

词形变化

rhythms plural rhythms present,singular,third-person rhythming participle,present rhythmed participle,past rhythmed past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-?
Proto-Indo-European *srew-
Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s
Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor.
Latin rhythmusder.
English rhythm
First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, run, stream, gush”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ser-?
Proto-Indo-European *srew-
Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s
Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós
Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor.
Latin rhythmusder.
English rhythm
First coined in 1557, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “any measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”), from ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow, run, stream, gush”).
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