APMa rhythm in a line of music in which the beats that are usually weak are emphasized 〔音乐的〕切分音,切分节奏
Examples from the Corpus
syncopation• In another context it becomes syncopation and swing.• Fingers drummed on his puffed-out cheeks, his tongueclicked in syncopation, eyes bulged.• On the latter, she developed a delightful staccato syncopation by regularly hitting the offbeat.• As in boogie-woogie, the basic vocalsyncopation and cross-rhythm.