(pl. tempos 或tempi /-piː/)
1
- Music the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played【乐】速度。
2
- the rate or speed of motion or activity; pace行进速度; 节奏：
the tempo of life dictated by a heavy workload.
繁重工作所确定的生活节奏。
词源
mid 17th cent. (as a fencing term denoting the timing of an attack)： from Italian, from Latin tempus 'time'.