rhythm

n. 旋律, 节奏, 韵律, 匀称, 张弛节律
【医】 节律

rhythm

n.（名词）
Movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alternation of different quantities or conditions:
节奏，律动：以规律性重现或不同数量或状态的改变为特点的运动或变奏：
例句：
the rhythm of the tides.
潮汐的循环

The patterned, recurring alternations of contrasting elements of sound or speech.
有规律的变动：声音或演讲的对比元素有格式的，重现的改变
Music
【音乐】
A regular pattern formed by a series of notes of differing duration and stress.
格律，韵律：由一系列不同持续时间及重音的音调形成的有规律的形式
A specific kind of such a pattern:
节拍：这种形式的某一具体类型：
例句：
a waltz rhythm.
华尔兹节奏

A group of instruments supplying the rhythm in a band.
节拍乐器：乐队中提供这种韵律的一组设备


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.
韵律：重音韵文中重读与非重读音节排列造成的声音形式或声流，或由数量长短为基准的韵文中长短音节的排列造成的声音形式或声流
The similar but less formal sequence of sounds in prose.
格律：散文中与音调类似但不那么正式的顺序
A specific kind of metrical pattern or flow:
格律，韵律：特定的韵律形式或声流：
例句：
iambic rhythm.
抑扬格韵律



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.
调和：由正式成分，例如布景长度，对话性质和数量及主旨的重复安排，在文学作品或电影中创造的时间上暂时展开的含义
A regular or harmonious pattern created by lines, forms, and colors in painting, sculpture, and other visual arts.
匀称：在绘画，雕塑及其它视觉艺术品中通过线条，形式及颜色创造的一种规则的或和谐的形式
The pattern of development produced in a literary or dramatic work by repetition of elements such as words, phrases, incidents, themes, images, and symbols.
文学作品的节奏：通过例如单词、短语、插曲、主题曲、形象及象征等成分的重复在文学或戏剧作品中产生的展开的形式
Procedure or routine characterized by regularly recurring elements, activities, or factors:
规律：以有规律重复的元素、活动或因素为特征的程序或常规：
例句：
the rhythm of civilization; the rhythm of the lengthy negotiations.
文明进程；长期谈判的节奏


来源：
Latin rhythmus
拉丁语 rhythmus
from Greek rhuthmos * see sreu-
源自 希腊语 rhuthmos *参见 sreu-

<参考词汇><同义词>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.
当这些名词意为有规律地形式化的重读与非重读音节的降低和升高时，尤其在音乐、演说或韵文中，它们有所区别。
Rhythm, the most comprehensive,suggests the recurring flow of alternating elements:
Rhythm 最具综合性，意指改变着的成分的重复流动：
例句：
the rhythm of the seasons;
季节的更替；

例句：
the rhythms of life.
生命的节律。

例句：
.Rhythm was described by Schopenhauer as melody deprived of its pitch. (Edith Sitwell).
.韵律被叔本华描述为丧失了音调的乐曲. （爱迪斯·斯特韦尔）。

Meter applies in poetry to any of various measured rhythmic patterns (
Meter 在诗中应用于任一种不同配制的节奏形式（
例句：
elegiac meter) and in music to the combining of rhythmic pulses into measures of equal time value (
哀乐韵律） 及在音乐中用于将节奏化脉动合成为等时间值的标准(

例句：
duple meter).
双重节拍)。

Cadence refers especially to the fall of the voice in speech (
Cadence 尤指演说中嗓音的降低(
例句：
end a sentence with a cadence) and to balanced rhythmic flow,as in poetry (the cadence of the sea ).
以降低的声音结束一个句子) 及平衡的韵律流，如在诗中(海的韵律 )