coda
n. 尾音, 乐章结尾部, 结尾段
发音
词形变化
释义与例句
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1.
A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
尾声
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2.
The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants.
韵尾
语言学The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all.
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In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
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A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
比喻In gray stormy light, their painted eyes stare out at the Mediterranean—at Homer’s wine-dark sea, at a corridor into modernity. But in memory my walk’s true coda in the Middle East came earlier.
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A series of clicks used by sperm whales for communicating with each other.
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Alternative spelling of CODA.
词汇关系
同义词 1
上位词 5
整体词 5
相关短语
词源
Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola.
来源：wiktionary