a modulation or inflection of the voice 声音的起落 the measured cadences that he employed in the Senate. 他在参议院讲话时所用的几经斟酌的抑扬顿挫的语调。 ■such a modulation in reading aloud as implied by the structure and ordering of words and phrases in written text 抑扬顿挫(书面文字因结构、用词在被读出时会有的声音效果) the dry cadences of the essay. 这篇散文枯燥生硬的语调。 ■a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence (短语或句子结尾的)降调 ■[mass noun]rhythm 节奏;节律 the thumping cadence of the engines. 引擎的嘭嘭作响的节奏。
(Music)a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase (乐)终止式,终止 the final cadences of the Prelude. 前奏曲的最后终止式。
派生 cadenced adjective 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'rhythm or metrical beat'): via Old French from Italian cadenza, based on Latin cadere 'to fall'