[with obj.]repeat or copy so as to form another of the same kind 重复,复制 the upper parts of the harmony may be reduplicated at the octave above. 和声的上半部可以在上面的八度和音处重复。 ■repeat (a syllable or other linguistic element) exactly or with a slight change (e.g. hurly-burly, see-saw) 重叠(音节或其他语言单位。可完全重叠,也可稍有变化,如hurly-burly, see-saw)
派生 reduplication noun reduplicative adjective 语源
late 16th cent.: from late Latin reduplicat-, 'doubled again', from the verb reduplicare, from re- 'again' + duplicare (see duplicate)