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单词 quartets
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quartet

noun

quar·​tet kwȯr-ˈtet How to pronounce quartet (audio)
variants or less commonly quartette
1
: a musical composition for four instruments or voices
2
: a group or set of four
especially : the performers of a quartet

Example Sentences

He is a member of a jazz quartet. a string quartet by Beethoven The author wrote a quartet of novels about the same character.
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Word History

Etymology

Italian quartetto, from quarto fourth, from Latin quartus — more at quart

First Known Use

1773, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

quartet

noun

quar·​tet
variants also quartette
kwȯr-ˈtet
1
: a piece of music for four instruments or voices
2
: a group of four singers or musicians who perform together
3
: a group or set of four
Above them, a quartet of swallows dipped and circled … Jane Yolen, The Devil's Arithmetic

quartets

noun

variants or quartettes
plural of quartet
as in quintets

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