| 单词 | duet |
| 释义 | duet (once / 2382 pages) n A duet is two people singing or playing musical instruments together. You and your brother might be a popular sidewalk duet with your fiddle-accordion combo. If you have tickets for a musical duet, you'll be watching and listening to two performers. You can also call the composition that's written for the two of them a duet, since it has parts for two instruments. Two dancers can also perform a duet, a dance especially choreographed for a couple. Duet stems from the Italian duetto, "musical composition for two voices," from duo, or "two." WORD FAMILYduet: duets USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Damrau and Mr. Grigolo were especially inspired during the four duets that form the dramatic crux of Gounod’s opera. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) Instead, the movie proves that at this moment, an effervescent, tap-danced duet is just what we need. — Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) In others, she sings duets with Gérard Depardieu and Julio Iglesias. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n two performers or singers who perform together Syn|Exp|Hyper duette, duo Laurel and Hardy United States slapstick comedy duo who made many films together musical group, musical organisation, musical organization an organization of musicians who perform together 2n a musical composition for two performers Syn|Hyper duette, duo composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created 3n (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) Syn|Hyper pas de deux dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music 4n two items of the same kind Syn|Hypo|Hyper brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, twosome, yoke doubleton (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player 2, II, deuce, two the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number 5n a pair who associate with one another Syn|Hypo|Hyper couple, duo, twosome same-sex marriage two people of the same sex who live together as a family pair two people considered as a unit |
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