| 单词 | syncopate |
| 释义 | syncopate v.tr. 1. Mus. displace the beats or accents in (a passage) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa. 2. shorten (a word) by dropping interior sounds or letters, as symbology for symbolology, Gloster for Gloucester. Derivatives syncopation n. syncopator n. Etymology: LL syncopare swoon (as SYNCOPE) |
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