Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #1207
beat
节拍;拍子;节奏
the basic rhythmic unit in music; a pulse or rhythm
- 1.
A stroke; a blow.
一次击打;一击
- 2.
A beatnik.
垮掉的一代成员。
- 3.
a regular route for a sentry or policeman
哨兵或警察的巡逻路线
- 4.
A pulsation or throb.
脉动或跳动
- 5.
the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart
动脉随每次心跳的节律性收缩和扩张
- 6.
A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
节拍层次上的脉冲,是作为基本单位听到的节拍。因此,节拍是乐曲的基本时间单位。
- 7.
the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music
音乐作品中的基本节奏单位
- 8.
A rhythm.
节奏
- 9.
The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
嘻哈音乐作品的器乐部分
- 10.
The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
两个频率几乎相等的音之间的干扰
- 11.
A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
戏剧、剧本或电视剧中的短暂停顿,用于戏剧性或喜剧效果
- 12.
An area of a person's responsibility, especially
一个人负责的区域,尤其是
- 13.
The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
搜寻或巡视一片土地以驱赶或赶出猎物的行为;也指集体从事此活动的人
- 14.
A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
对对手剑刃的巧妙轻击
搏动;心跳;脉搏;一击;打击;巡逻路线;管辖地段;垮掉派成员;比特尼克;(嘻哈音乐的)伴奏;拍子
In use
The police officer walked his beat every night.
The doctor listened to the beat of my heart.
The drummer kept a steady beat throughout the song.
in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
he could feel the beat of her heart
the conductor set the beat
Connections
Collocations
- police beat
- 警察巡逻路线
- The officer walked his police beat every morning.这名警官每天早上走他的警察巡逻路线。
- heart beat
- 心跳
- The doctor listened to her heart beat.医生听了她的心跳。
- drum beat
- 鼓点
- The drum beat grew louder.鼓点声越来越大。
- music beat
- 音乐节拍
- She tapped her foot to the music beat.她随着音乐节拍用脚打拍子。
- beat cop
- 巡逻警察
- The beat cop knew everyone in the neighborhood.巡逻警察认识社区里的每个人。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
可联想警察踏着固定路线(beat)巡逻,或音乐节拍(beat)的规律节奏。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:音乐、心跳 作为名词时,多指音乐或心跳的节拍,通常用于中性语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all share the /iːt/ ending, rhyming with beat. Note that 'beet' is a homophone, and 'bet' has a different vowel sound.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 5,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.