词汇 | syncopate |
词源 | syncopate [E17th] This comes from late Latin syncopare ‘to swoon’. The notion of temporary loss of consciousness led to associations of weakening and strengthening of musical beats or omission of sounds, with syncopated describing music by the mid 17th century. |
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