cadence「（說話時語調的）抑揚頓挫；（樂段或樂句的）收束」

Word of the Day：October 15， 2022

cadence

（說話時語調的）抑揚頓挫；（樂段或樂句的）收束

noun /KAY-dunss/

［ked（）ns］

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What It Means

Cadence is used to refer to various rhythmic or repeated motions， activities， or patterns of sound， or to a falling inflection of the voice。

Cadence 用於指代各種有節奏的或重複的運動、活動或聲音，或指聲音的下降變化。

CADENCE in Context

“The near four-minute track opens with ［Erykah］ Badu solemnly singing the words ‘this bitter land’ as violin strings lament Erykah’s emotional words。 She goes on to sing in a legato cadence saying， ‘One with my soul / The fruit it bears / Leaves me so cold。’” — Amber McKynzie， Essence， 27 Oct。 2020

這個四分中的曲子的開始，［Erykah］ Badu 莊嚴地唱著‘this bitter land「這片苦土」’，用小提琴的音色感嘆 Erykah 的心頭話語。她繼續用連續的節奏唱著‘One with my soul / The fruit it bears / Leaves me so cold。’

Stephanie relaxed at the beach， listening to the cadence of the surf。

斯蒂芬妮在海灘上放鬆，聽著海浪的節奏。

Did You Know?

A cadence is a rhythm， or a flow of words or music， in a sequence that is regular （or steady as it were）。 But lest we be mistaken， cadence also lends its meaning to the sounds of Mother Nature （such as birdsong） to be sure。 Cadence comes from Middle English borrowed from Medieval Latin’s own cadentia， a lovely word that means “rhythm in verse。” （You may also recognize a cadence cousin， sweet cadenza， as a word that is familiar in the opera universe。） And from there our cadence traces just a little further backward to the Latin verb cadere “to sound rhythmically， to fall。” Praise the rising and the falling of the lilting in our language， whether singing songs or rhyming or opining on it all。

A cadence 是一種節奏，或一連串的文字或音樂，用規則的（或穩定的）順序排列。但為了避免我們誤會， cadence 也可以形容大自然母親的聲音（如鳥叫聲）。Cadence 源自中古英語，借用於我們中世紀拉丁語的 cadentia，這是一個可愛的詞，意思是“rhythm in verse「韻律中的節奏」”。（您可能還看出來了cadence的表

親

，sweet cadenza，這是在歌劇裡常聽到的一個詞。）從這裡 cadence 可以追溯到拉丁動詞 cadere “ to sound rhythmically「

有節奏的聲音

」

，to fall「

下降」

”。

讚美我們語言中抑揚頓挫的

韻律

，無論是唱歌、押韻還有

對

一切

的想

法。

Word Family Quiz

Fill in the blanks to create an adjective derived from Latin cadere （“to fall”） that describes a plant that has leaves that fall off every year： d _ _ i _ u _ u _。

deciduous