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单词 syncopated
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
syn•co•pat•ed  (singkə pā′tid, sin-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Music and Dancemarked by syncopation:syncopated rhythm.
  2. cut short;
    abbreviated.
  • Late Latin syncopāt(us) (see syncopate) + -ed2
  • 1655–65

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
syn•co•pate /ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 
  1. Music and Dance
    • to subject (musical rhythm) to syncopation.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
syn•co•pate  (singkə pāt′, sin-),USA pronunciation v.t., -pat•ed, -pat•ing. 
  1. Music and Dance
    • to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented.
    • to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
  2. Phonetics[Gram.]to contract (a word) by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in reducing Gloucester to Gloster.
  • Medieval Latin syncopātus (past participle of syncopāre to shorten by syncope). See syncope, -ate1
  • 1595–1605
synco•pa′tor, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
syncopate /ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt/ vb (transitive)
  1. to modify or treat (a beat, rhythm, note, etc) by syncopation
  2. to shorten (a word) by omitting sounds or letters from the middle
Etymology: 17th Century: from Medieval Latin syncopāre to omit a letter or syllable, from Late Latin syncopa syncope

ˈsyncoˌpator n
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