| 单词 | quartet |
| 释义 | quartet (once / 1794 pages) n A quartet is a musical group with four members. If you play the viola, you might form a string quartet with two violinists and a cellist. You can use the noun quartet to describe your four-person singing group, and you can also use it to talk about the piece of music you're performing, if it's written specifically for four voices or instruments. The word quartet comes from the Italian quarto, or "fourth," which in turn has it roots in the Latin quartus, also meaning "fourth." WORD FAMILYquartet: quartets USAGE EXAMPLESThe senior running back led a quartet of Falcons players who eclipsed 600 yards rushing this season. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) A detailed analysis of the sketches for that enormous quartet, for example, show Beethoven changing his mind five times about the structure of the work. Seattle Times(Dec 25, 2016) Rose Theatre Kingston holds the world premiere of My Brilliant Friend, a two-part version of "mystery author" Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan quartet of novels. BBC(Dec 23, 2016) 1n a musical composition for four performers Syn|Hyper quartette composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created 2n four performers or singers who perform together Syn|Hypo|Hyper quartette barbershop quartet an unaccompanied quartet of (usually male) voices singing sentimental songs in four-part harmony string quartet, string quartettean instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello musical group, musical organisation, musical organization an organization of musicians who perform together 3n four people considered as a unit he joined a barbershop quartet Syn|Hypo|Hyper foursome, quartette quadrumvirate a group of four men assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place 4n a set of four similar things considered as a unit Syn|Hyper quadruple, quadruplet, quartette set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used 5n the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one Syn|Hyper 4, IV, Little Joe, four, foursome, quadruplet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad digit, figure one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration |
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