beat
/biːt/ nom B2En français : battement, ronde, domaine, battue
- A stroke; a blow.
- A pulsation or throb. · a beat of the heart· the beat of the pulse
- 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.
- A rhythm. · I love watching her dance to a pretty drum beat with a bouncy rhythm!
- The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency.
- A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
Pluriel beats
Verbes à particule et expressions
- beat about To search for something; to look around for something; to...
- beat back To fight against and cause to recede.
- beat down Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, ...
- beat into To teach or instil by harsh repetition.
- beat off To drive something away with blows or military force.
- beat on To talk at length; to go on and on; to rant or expound.
- beat out To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.
- beat up flanquer une tripotée, tabasser, se mettre la rate au cou...
Dans la bibliothèque
Beat on window ledges.
We have beat the morning drum;
And beat him when he sneezes:
I beat him when he sneezes;
Autres résultats
- beat battre, vaincre, remonter au vent B1
- beat beatnik C2
- beat claqué, crevé, épuisé C2
- beat [passé de beat], a battu C2
- beat beat, de la Beat Generation C2
- beat about To search for something
- beat back To fight against and cause to recede.
- beat down Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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