Syncopate

syncopate







Y

【音】切分

【語】中間部分省略



D



–verb (used with object)  

1. Music. 

a. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. 

b. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.

 

2. Grammar. to contract (a word) 

by 

omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in reducing Gloucester to Gloster. 

—Related forms

syncopator, noun





　

"Perhaps needlessly adopting a cinematic equivalent of the play’s direct-to-audience address, Howard "interviews" several of the characters, witness-style, about the events, which only serves to make the film feel somewhat choppy, half like a documentary at first. Approach also imposes an overly predictable editing style on the whole film, one in which the cuts come precisely on the expected beats, when a fleet, syncopated rhythm would have moved the exposition along with more flair. It might even be that the film could have done without the talking heads altogether."





segue staccato cf. legato, [rapid]-fire, [staccato] speech 

rendition  

coda penultimate denoument matinee

Threnody



elliptical

syntax 

permutation & combination

corollary

an immediate consequence or easily drawn conclusion

as a kind of microcosmic [analogue] (and [corollary]) 

Castigate





choppy (風浪)

billow (風)

plangent (浪) a plangent fable of faith, childhood's end

pageant 

The [coronation] of the new king was a splendid [pageant]. (n.)

Beleaguer



propensity

penchant proclivity 

predilection

flair

Tenuous