"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.
实用例句
1. Both teams played with a lot of quality, pace and tempo.
两支球队的水平都很高，节奏和速度都很快。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Elgar supplied his works with precise indications of tempo.
埃尔加给自己的作品标上了精确的节奏标记。
来自柯林斯例句
3. In a new recording, the Boston Philharmonic tried the original tempo.
