:a regular, repeated pattern of sounds or movements节奏;韵律;律动
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The music has a fast/slow/steady rhythm. [=beat]这首乐曲的节拍快/慢/稳定。
African/Caribbean rhythms非洲/加勒比韵律
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the rhythm of the poetry诗歌的韵律
the rhythm of his breathing他呼吸的节奏
the rhythm of the tides潮汐的规律
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the composer's use of jazz rhythm作曲家对爵士乐节奏的运用
He can't play/dance in rhythm. = He has no sense of rhythm. [=he cannot play/dance at the correct speed to stay with the rhythm of the music]他演奏/跳舞没有节奏感。
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[count]:a regular, repeated pattern of events, changes, activities, etc.(事件、变化、活动等的)节奏,节律
She enjoyed the rhythms of country life.她喜欢乡村生活的这种节奏。
Travel can disrupt your body's daily/biological/circadian rhythm.旅行能够扰乱你身体的日常/生物/昼夜生理节律。
Jets that cross time zones in a day play havoc with the natural rhythms acquired through evolution. Nancy Shelton, Skeptical Inquirer, May/June 1996They shattered punk orthodoxy with radical politics and jagged rhythms, their rage captured in brutally succinct outbursts. Matt Diehl, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 1994I would even say that when the bouncy style is not an attempt to dazzle the reader, or one's self, but to incorporate into American literary prose the rhythms, nuances, and emphases of urban and immigrant speech, the result can sometimes be a language of new and rich emotional subtleties … Philip Roth, Reading Myself and Others, 1975She walked as Doctor Reefy thought he had never seen anyone walk before. To her whole body there was a swing, a rhythm that intoxicated him. Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, 1919At that the others began to gibber in unison, also rising to their feet, spreading their hands and swaying their bodies in rhythm with their chant. H. G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau, 1896 the composer's use of jazz rhythm She enjoyed the quiet rhythms of country life. Travel can disrupt your body's daily rhythm. See More
Recent Examples on the WebThis could be a good day for Brissett to get in the same football rhythm with Amari Cooper and tight end David Njoku. Terry Pluto, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022 Thorne, meanwhile, found a rhythm on the fourth chance. Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2022 The offensive line doesn't give Thompson a chance to create a rhythm. Eric Olson, ajc, 17 Sep. 2022 And then there was the offensive, which seemed to have found a rhythm with quarterback Malik Cunningham producing 370 total yards and three touchdowns, two of which came on runs of 8 and 18 yards. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 17 Sep. 2022 Crowds greeted the cortege with applause that was almost drowned out by a band of Royal Marines and their drums beating the slow marching rhythm. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022 Black musicians would improvise a swing rhythm over the songs made popular by the likes of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and George Gershwin to play for their audiences. Crystal B. Shepeard, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2022 Yes, this is a real, honest-to-God soul singer: no autotune effects, no flattening croon that approximates laptop software, no double-time rhythm meant to approximate a rapper’s inflections. Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2022 With some help from two 49ers penalties, the Bears offense found a rhythm on the next drive to set up Fields’ 18-yard touchdown pass to St. Brown. Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle French & Latin; Middle French rhythme, from Latin rhythmus, from Greek rhythmos, probably from rhein to flow — more at stream
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RHYTHM | RHYTHM + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤fast, slow快節奏;慢節奏▸➤constant, good, perfect, regular, steady不變的/良好的/完美的/有規律的/平穩的節奏◇the steady rhythm of his heartbeat他有規律的心跳➤abnormal, irregular, staccato不正常的/不規則的/不連貫的節奏▸➤complex, intricate複雜的節奏➤syncopated切分節奏▸➤strong強勁的節奏▸➤easy輕快的節奏◇Cleaning up the house in the morning fell into an easy rhythm.早晨清理房子已成為一種節奏輕快的活兒了。➤natural, normal自然的規律;正常的節奏◇part of the natural rhythm of life生命自然規律的一部份➤driving, insistent, pounding, pulsating強勁的/持續的/猛烈的/跳動的節奏▸➤African, dance, Latin, reggae, samba, etc.非洲音樂、舞蹈、拉丁音樂、雷鬼樂、桑巴舞曲等的節奏▸➤biological, body, circadian生物/生理/晝夜節律◇My body rhythms had not yet adapted to the ten-hour time difference.我的生理節律還沒有適應 10 小時的時差。➤cardiac, heart心跳的節奏▸➤daily日常生活節奏◇changes to our daily rhythms我們日常生活節奏的變化➤hypnotic令人昏昏欲睡的節奏VERB + RHYTHM➤develop, fall into, get into, settle into培養節奏;形成節奏◇She soon settled into a regular rhythm.她很快習慣了一種有規律的節奏。➤have有節奏▸➤lack缺乏節奏▸➤create, make創造出/形成節奏◇Her feet made a steady rhythm as she walked.她步伐平穩地走着。➤find, get找到/有了節奏◇Williams is having trouble finding her rhythm on the serve.威廉姆斯找不着發球的節奏。➤follow跟隨節奏◇The movie follows the rhythms of a year on the farm.這部電影捕捉了農場中一年四季裏有規律的變化。➤keep, maintain保持節奏➤break, disrupt打破/打亂節奏◇Try to disrupt your opponent's rhythm.想辦法打亂你對手的節奏。➤lose失去節奏▸➤beat, beat out, clap, tap out擊打出節奏;拍出節奏;敲出節奏◇Her pencil tapped out a staccato rhythm on the desk top.她用鉛筆斷斷續續地敲着桌面。➤clap to拍出節奏◇Clap to the rhythm of the music.跟着音樂的節拍鼓掌。RHYTHM + NOUN➤section節奏樂器組◇the band's rhythm section樂隊的節奏樂器組PREPOSITION➤in (a) rhythm有節奏地◇He was snapping his fingers in rhythm.他在有節奏地打響指。➤to a/the rhythm合拍◇I found myself swaying to the rhythm of the music.我發覺自己正隨着音樂的節奏搖擺。➤with a/the rhythm有⋯的節奏◇I like music with a good rhythm.我喜歡節奏悅耳的音樂。➤rhythm in⋯的節奏◇There's rhythm in her movements.她的動作很有韻律感。PHRASES➤a lack of rhythm缺乏節奏▸➤a sense of rhythm節奏感