单词 | rhythm |
释义 | Word Frequency rhythm(ˈrɪðəm) noun 1. a. the arrangement of the relative durations of and accents on the notes of a melody, usually laid out into regular groups (bars) of beats, the first beat of each bar carrying the stress b. any specific arrangement of such groupings; time quadruple rhythm 2. (in poetry) a. the arrangement of words into a more or less regular sequence of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables b. any specific such arrangement; metre 3. (in painting, sculpture, architecture, etc) a harmonious sequence or pattern of masses alternating with voids, of light alternating with shade, of alternating colours, etc 4. any sequence of regularly recurring functions or events, such as the regular recurrence of certain physiological functions of the body, as the cardiac rhythm of the heartbeat Derived forms rhythmless (ˈrhythmless) adjective Word origin C16: from Latin rhythmus, from Greek rhuthmos; related to rhein to flow |
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