syncopation
英 [,sɪŋkə'peɪʃən]
美[,sɪnkə'peʃən]
英英释意
- 1. (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')
- 2. a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
- 3. music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm
