cadence

英 [ˈkeɪdns]

美 [ˈkeɪdns]

n.  (说话时语调的)抑扬顿挫，起落; (乐段或乐句的)收束，静止

复数：cadences　

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BNC.21748 / COCA.12193

牛津词典

noun

• （说话时语调的）抑扬顿挫，起落
  the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
  1. He delivered his words in slow, measured cadences.
     他讲话缓慢而抑扬顿挫、把握有度。
• （乐段或乐句的）收束，静止
  the end of a musical phrase

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 抑扬顿挫
  Thecadenceof someone's voice is the way their voice gets higher and lower as they speak.
  1. He recognized the Polish cadences in her voice...
     他从她的口音中听出了波兰腔。
  2. He is not attempting necessarily to reproduce the cadence of speech.
     他不想刻意重复那种讲话的语调。
• (音乐的)终止式,结尾和弦
  Acadenceis the phrase that ends a section of music or a complete piece of music.

英英释义

noun

• a recurrent rhythmical series
  Synonym:cadency
• the close of a musical section
• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse
  Synonym:metermetremeasurebeat

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