"relative speed of a piece of music," 1724, from Italian tempo, literally "time" (plural tempi), from Latin tempus "time, season, portion of time" (see temporal). Extended (non-musical) senses by 1898.
雙語例句
1. Both teams played with a lot of quality, pace and tempo.
兩支球隊的水平都很高，節奏和速度都很快。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Elgar supplied his works with precise indications of tempo.
埃爾加給自己的作品標上了精確的節奏標記。
來自柯林斯例句
3. In a new recording, the Boston Philharmonic tried the original tempo.