词典释义：
释义
n.
a modulation or inflection of the voice
声音的起落
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the measured cadences that he employed in the Senate .他在参议院讲话时所用的几经斟酌的抑扬顿挫的语调。
such a modulation in reading aloud as implied by the structure and ordering of words and phrases in written text
抑扬顿挫（书面文字因结构、用词在被读出时会有的声音效果）
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the dry cadences of the essay .这篇散文枯燥生硬的语气。
a fall in pitch of the voice at the end of a phrase or sentence
（短语或句子结尾的）降调。
[mass noun]rhythm
节奏；节律
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the thumping cadence of the engines .引擎的嘭嘭作响的节奏。
【乐】 终止式，终止
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the final cadences of the Prelude .前奏曲的最后终止式。
词源
"late Middle English （in the sense ‘rhythm or metrical beat’）： via Old French from Italian
