名詞 rhythm:

1. the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
   同義詞：beat, musical rhythm
2. recurring at regular intervals
   同義詞：regular recurrence
3. an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
   同義詞：cycle, round
4. the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
   同義詞：speech rhythm
5. natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)
   同義詞：rhythm method of birth control, rhythm method, calendar method of birth control, calendar method

1. The song has a syncopated rhythm in the jazz version.
   這首歌曲改編為爵士樂後采用了切分音節(jié)奏。
2. Stress and rhythm are important in speaking English.
   說英語時，重音和節(jié)奏是很重要的。
3. Having cadence or rhythm.
   有節(jié)律的有韻律或節(jié)奏的
4. It is said that the rhythm of tides is affected by the moon.
   據(jù)說潮汐的漲落受月亮的影響。
5. He is trying to play the same tune in a different rhythm.
   他正試圖用不同節(jié)奏演奏同一個曲子。

rhythm

n.（名詞）
Movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions:
節(jié)奏，律動：以規(guī)律性重現(xiàn)或不同數(shù)量或狀態(tài)的改變?yōu)樘攸c的運動或變奏：
例句：
the rhythm of the tides.
潮汐的循環(huán)

The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound or speech.
有規(guī)律的變動：聲音或演講的對比元素有格式的，重現(xiàn)的改變
Music
【音樂】
A regular pattern formed by a series of notes of differing duration and stress.
格律，韻律：由一系列不同持續(xù)時間及重音的音調(diào)形成的有規(guī)律的形式
A specific kind of such a pattern:
節(jié)拍：這種形式的某一具體類型：
例句：
a waltz rhythm.
華爾茲節(jié)奏

A group of instruments supplying the rhythm in a band.
節(jié)拍樂器：樂隊中提供這種韻律的一組設(shè)備

The pattern or flow of sound created by the arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in accentual verse or of long and short syllables in quantitative verse.
韻律：重音韻文中重讀與非重讀音節(jié)排列造成的聲音形式或聲流，或由數(shù)量長短為基準(zhǔn)的韻文中長短音節(jié)的排列造成的聲音形式或聲流
The similar but less formal sequence of sounds in prose.
格律：散文中與音調(diào)類似但不那么正式的順序
A specific kind of metrical pattern or flow:
格律，韻律：特定的韻律形式或聲流：
例句：
iambic rhythm.
抑揚格韻律

The sense of temporal development created in a work of literature or a film by the arrangement of formal elements such as the length of scenes, the nature and amount of dialogue, or the repetition of motifs.
調(diào)和：由正式成分，例如布景長度，對話性質(zhì)和數(shù)量及主旨的重復(fù)安排，在文學(xué)作品或電影中創(chuàng)造的時間上暫時展開的含義
A regular or harmonious pattern created by lines, forms, and colors in painting, sculpture, and other visual arts.
勻稱：在繪畫，雕塑及其它視覺藝術(shù)品中通過線條，形式及顏色創(chuàng)造的一種規(guī)則的或和諧的形式
The pattern of development produced in a literary or dramatic work by repetition of elements such as words, phrases, incidents, themes, images, and symbols.
文學(xué)作品的節(jié)奏：通過例如單詞、短語、插曲、主題曲、形象及象征等成分的重復(fù)在文學(xué)或戲劇作品中產(chǎn)生的展開的形式
Procedure or routine characterized by regularly recurring elements, activities, or factors:
規(guī)律：以有規(guī)律重復(fù)的元素、活動或因素為特征的程序或常規(guī)：
例句：
the rhythm of civilization; the rhythm of the lengthy negotiations.
文明進程；長期談判的節(jié)奏

來源：
Latin rhythmus
拉丁語 rhythmus
from Greek rhuthmos * see sreu-
源自 希臘語 rhuthmos *參見 sreu-

<參考詞匯><同義詞>rhythm,meter,cadenceThese nouns are compared as they denote the regular patterned ebb and rise of accented and unaccented sounds, especially in music, speech, or verse.
當(dāng)這些名詞意為有規(guī)律地形式化的重讀與非重讀音節(jié)的降低和升高時，尤其在音樂、演說或韻文中，它們有所區(qū)別。
Rhythm, the most comprehensive,suggests the recurring flow of alternating elements:
Rhythm 最具綜合性，意指改變著的成分的重復(fù)流動：
例句：
the rhythm of the seasons;
季節(jié)的更替；

例句：
the rhythms of life.
生命的節(jié)律。

例句：
.Rhythm was described by Schopenhauer as melody deprived of its pitch. (Edith Sitwell).
.韻律被叔本華描述為喪失了音調(diào)的樂曲. （愛迪斯·斯特韋爾）。

Meter applies in poetry to any of various measured rhythmic patterns (
Meter 在詩中應(yīng)用于任一種不同配制的節(jié)奏形式（
例句：
elegiac meter) and in music to the combining of rhythmic pulses into measures of equal time value (
哀樂韻律） 及在音樂中用于將節(jié)奏化脈動合成為等時間值的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)(

例句：
duple meter).
雙重節(jié)拍)。

Cadence refers especially to the fall of the voice in speech (
Cadence 尤指演說中嗓音的降低(
例句：
end a sentence with a cadence) and to balanced rhythmic flow,as in poetry (the cadence of the sea ).
以降低的聲音結(jié)束一個句子) 及平衡的韻律流，如在詩中(海的韻律 )