In music, staccato means each note is cut short — played, then stopped, so there is a small silence before the next one. The opposite is legato, where notes flow into each other. In written music a small dot above or below the note head tells you to play it that way.

In music在音樂裡，staccato means指的是 each note is cut short每個音都被切斷——played, then stopped彈出來之後馬上停住，so there is a small silence before the next one所以在下一個音之前會有一段小小的靜默。The opposite相反的是 is legato legato（圓滑奏），where notes flow into each other在那種奏法裡音符會彼此流動連接。In written music在樂譜上，a small dot above or below the note head音符符頭上方或下方的一個小點 tells you to play it that way告訴你要用這種方式演奏。

It works as an instruction ("play it staccato"), as a describing word ("staccato chords"), and as a noun for the technique itself ("his staccato is very clean"). Outside music, writers use it for anything that comes in short sharp bursts with gaps between: staccato gunfire, a staccato knock at the door, someone's staccato way of speaking — short bursts of words, often because the person is nervous, angry, or giving orders.

It它 works as an instruction可以當作指示用 ('play it staccato')（「play it staccato」），as a describing word也可以當形容詞用 ('staccato chords')（「staccato chords」），and as a noun for the technique itself還可以當名詞指這個技巧本身 ('his staccato is very clean')（「his staccato is very clean」）。Outside music在音樂之外，writers作家 use it for anything that comes in short sharp bursts with gaps between會用這個詞來形容任何一段一段、中間有停頓的短促爆發：staccato gunfire像是staccato般的槍聲，a staccato knock at the door staccato般的敲門聲，someone's staccato way of speaking或某人staccato式的說話方式——short bursts of words也就是一陣一陣短促的話語，often because the person is nervous, angry, or giving orders通常是因為那個人緊張、生氣，或在下命令。

Used of speech it is not usually a compliment; it suggests clipped and tense rather than warm. It is an Italian word English kept whole, so we say it the Italian way, roughly stuh-KAH-toh, and the plural, when anyone needs one, is staccatos.

Used of speech用在講話上時，it它 is not usually a compliment通常不是稱讚；it suggests clipped and tense rather than warm它暗示的是簡短緊繃，而不是溫暖。It它 is an Italian word English kept whole是一個英語完整保留下來的義大利文字，so we say it the Italian way所以我們用義大利文的方式念它，roughly stuh-KAH-toh大概念作stuh-KAH-toh，and the plural, when anyone needs one, is staccatos而如果需要複數形式的話，是staccatos。