rhythm

US: /ˈɹɪðəm/
UK: /ɹˈɪðəm/


English Vietnamese dictionary


rhythm /'riðm/
  • danh từ
    • nhịp điệu (trong thơ nhạc)
    • sự nhịp nhàng (của động tác...)

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun [U, C]
1 a strong regular repeated pattern of sounds or movements: to dance to the rhythm of the music + music with a fast / slow / steady rhythm + jazz rhythms + He can't seem to play in rhythm. + The boat rocked up and down in rhythm with the sea. + the rhythm of her breathing + abnormal heart rhythms + a dancer with a natural sense of rhythm (= the ability to move in time to a fixed beat)
2 a regular pattern of changes or events: the rhythm of the seasons / tides + biological / body rhythms + Lack of sleep can upset your daily rhythm.
See also - BIORHYTHM

Thesaurus dictionary


n.
tempo, beat, cadence or cadency, throb, throbbing, accent, accentuation, time, timing, stress or rhythmic(al) pattern, measure, metre, pulse, lilt, Music downbeat, thesis, upbeat, arsis:
The song is in samba rhythm.

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

fast, slow | constant, good, regular, steady
the steady rhythm of his heartbeat
| irregular, staccato | intricate | strong | easy
Tidying the house in the morning fell into an easy rhythm.
| natural, normal
part of the natural rhythm of life
| fierce, frenzied, insistent, pounding, pulsating | dance | body, circadian
My body rhythms had not yet adapted to the ten-hour time difference.
| cardiac, heart | daily
changes to our daily rhythms

VERB + RHYTHM

develop, fall into, get into, settle into, slip into
She soon settled into a regular rhythm.
| have, lack | make
Her feet made a steady rhythm on the pavement.
| find
Williams is having trouble finding her rhythm on the serve.
| beat (out), clap (to), tap out
Her pencil tapped out a staccato rhythm on the desk top.

RHYTHM + NOUN

section
the band's rhythm section

PREP.

in (a) ~
snapping his fingers in rhythm
| to a/the ~
I found myself swaying to the rhythm of the music.
| with a/the ~
I like music with a good rhythm.
| ~ in
There's rhythm in her movements.

PHRASES

a sense of rhythm


Concise English dictionary


rhythms'rɪðm
noun
+the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
+recurring at regular intervals
+an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
+the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements
+natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)