cadence
['kedn.s]
n. 韵律, 抑扬, 调, 奏

[] 调

1. He read the poems with cadence.
   抑扬顿挫朗诵诗歌。
2. Having cadence or rhythm.
   律韵律奏
3. Designating a cadence or chord progression from the dominant to the tonic at the end of a phrase or piece of music.
   完终章尾指音音声弦

cadence
[ noun ]

1. (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

<noun.communication>

2. the close of a musical section

<noun.communication>

3. a recurrent rhythmical series

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Cadence \Ca"dence\, v. t.
To regulate by musical measure.

These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. --Philips.


Cadence \Ca"dence\, n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a
falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza.
See {Chance}.]
1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]

Now was the sun in western cadence low. --Milton.

2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at
the end of a sentence.

3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as,
music of bells in cadence sweet.

Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull
Seafaring men o'erwatched. --Milton.

The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest
cadence. --Sir W.
Scott.

4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.

Golden cadence of poesy. --Shak.

If in any composition much attention was paid to the
flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the
14th and 15th centuries) to be ``prosed in faire
cadence.'' --Dr. Guest.

5. (Her.) See {Cadency}.

6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a
well-managed horse.

7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.

8. (Mus.)
(a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest,
commonly reached by the immediate succession of the
tonic to the dominant chord.
(b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before
the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with
a flight of fancy.

{Imperfect cadence}. (Mus.) See under {Imperfect}.