consonance

consonance
[ˈkɒns(ə)nəns]
noun
  1. [mass noun]agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions
    一致;协调
    consonance between conservation measures and existing agricultural practice.
    保存方法和现有农业之间的一致性。
    a constitution in consonance with the people's customs.
    符合人们习惯的法规。
    ■the recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity (chiefly as used in prosody)
    (主要用于诗体中的)辅音韵
    ■(Music)the combination of notes which are in harmony with each other due to the relationship between their frequencies
    (乐)协和音
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin consonantia, from consonant- 'sounding together', from the verb consonare (see consonant)
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