Syncopate
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.词中省略, 缩写
- ［英］ v.词中间省略, 缩写 ( to shorten by losing one or more sounds or letters in the interior of a word)
- ［记］ syn ( 共同) +cop ( =chop砍) +ate -> 砍掉 -> 省略, 如把Gloucester写成Gloster
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-pated; -pating)
- Date: 1605
- 1.
- a. to shorten or produce by syncope <syncopate suppose to s'pose>
- b. to cut short ; clip, abbreviate
- 2. to modify or affect (musical rhythm) by syncopation
- ? syncopator noun
