cadence

英 ['keɪdns] 美 ['keɪdns]

• n. 节奏；韵律；降调句；抑扬顿挫

英英释义

Noun:

1. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

2. the close of a musical section

3. a recurrent rhythmical series

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The cadence of modern life constantly accelerates.
   现代生活的节奏不断地加快。
2. The constant cadence of surf lulled us to sleep.
   持久而有节奏的海浪声使我们睡着了。
3. Frances spoke with a soft, musical Edinburgh cadence.
   弗朗西丝讲话时用一种柔和悦耳的爱丁堡声调。
4. He read the poems with cadence.
   他抑扬顿挫地朗诵诗歌。
5. There was an unfamiliar cadence in her voice.
   她说话时带有一种不常听到的抑扬顿挫的声调。

经典引文

• The elegancy, facility, and golden cadence of poesy.

  出自：Love's Labour's Lost , Shakespeare

• Listening to the one-two-three, one-two-three cadence of the musicians.

  出自： F. Norris

• A bicyclist confronting a head wind..tries to maintain his customary..pedaling cadence by shifting gears.

  出自：Scientific American

词汇搭配

• cadence magnet 步调磁铁
• ringing cadence 振铃节拍
• cadence signal 节拍信号

近反义词

【近义词】

• movement 活动
• music 音乐
• beat 打
• tempo 拍子
• rhythm 节奏
• pace 速度
• pulse 脉搏
• stroke 中风
• lilt 唱轻快的调子...
• intonation 语调
• accent 重音
• modulation 调音
• inflection 屈曲
• tone 语气
• meter 公尺
• measure 措施
• metre 米
• cadency 节奏