| 单词 | syncopate |
| 释义 | syncopate in British English (ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt) verb (transitive) 1. music to modify or treat (a beat, rhythm, note, etc) by syncopation 2. to shorten (a word) by omitting sounds or letters from the middle Derived forms syncopator (ˈsyncoˌpator) noun Word origin C17: from Medieval Latin syncopāre to omit a letter or syllable, from Late Latin syncopa syncopesyncopate in American English (ˈsɪŋkəˌpeɪt; ˈsɪnkəˌpeɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˌsyncoˌpated or ˌsyncoˌpating 1. to shorten (a word) by syncope 2. Music a. to shift (the regular accent) as by beginning a tone on an unaccented beat and continuing it through the next accented beat, or on the last half of a beat and continuing it through the first half of the following beat b. to use such shifted accents in (a musical composition, passage, rhythmic pattern, etc.) Derived forms syncopator (ˈsyncoˌpator) noun Word origin < ML syncopatus, pp. of syncopare, to cut short < LL, to swoon < syncope: see syncope |
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