a strong, regular repeated pattern of movement or sound (运动或声音)韵律,节奏 Ruth listened to the rhythm of his breathing. 鲁思听着他有节奏的呼吸。 ■[mass noun]the systematic arrangement of musical sounds, principally according to duration and periodical stress (音乐的)节奏,拍子 ■a particular type of pattern formed by such arrangement 韵律,节拍 guitar melodies with deep African rhythms. 带有极强的非洲音乐节奏的吉他曲。 ■[mass noun]a person's natural feeling for such arrangement 节奏感 they've got no rhythm. 他们没有节奏感。 ■[mass noun]the measured flow of words and phrases in verse or prose as determined by the relation of long and short or stressed and unstressed syllables (韵文或散文)抑扬节奏,长短轻重的音节规则变化 ■a regularly recurring sequence of events, actions, or processes (事件、动作或过程的)有规律的重复 the twice daily rhythms of the tides. 每天两次的潮汐涨落。 ■(Art)a harmonious sequence or correlation of colours or elements (艺术)(色彩或成分的)匀称,和谐
派生 rhythmless adjective 语源
mid 16th cent. (also originally in the sense 'rhyme'): from French rhythme, or via Latin from Greek rhuthmos (related to rhein 'to flow')