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 syn·co·pa·tion /ˌsɪŋkəˈpeʃən, ˌsɪn-/
 省略中間的音節,中略,切分法

 Syn·co·pa·tion n.
 1. Gram. The act of syncopating; the contraction of a word by taking one or more letters or syllables from the middle; syncope.
 2. Mus. The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows.
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 syncopation
      n 1: (phonology) the loss of sounds in the interior of a word (as
           in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle') [syn: syncope]
      2: a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
      3: music (especially dance music) that has a syncopated rhythm