| 单词 | staccato |
| 释义 | staccato (stəkɑːtoʊ ) 1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A staccato noise consists of a series of short, sharp, separate sounds. He spoke in Arabic, a short staccato burst. ...the staccato chattering of several machine-guns. 2. graded adverb [ADVERB after verb] The instruction staccato on a piece of music means that the notes should be played or sung very briefly with gaps between them. Staccato is also an adjective. ...a rapid staccato passage. Collocations: staccato rhythm The staccato rhythm starts to speed up, until soon it sounds like an army of crickets in my back pocket. The Sun Totally out of character, this was the staccato rhythm with which he elected to defend his clear lead. Times, Sunday Times On the downside, the staccato rhythms and ultraspare prose are occasionally achieved at the expense of our empathy. Times, Sunday Times Moments of repose are few and far between, and the staccato rhythms and lack of melodic variation grow oppressive in the end. Times, Sunday Times That's harder to hear if you aren't aware of the association, but the staccato rhythms and bitten-off melodic ideas do point in that direction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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