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单词 tacet
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Definition of tacet in English:

tacet

adjective & adverbˈteɪsɪtˈtasɪt
Music
  • (as a direction) indicating that a voice or instrument is silent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In so labour-intensive an undertaking as a symphony, we regard the long oboe tacet passages to be extremely wasteful.
    • I love the ascending figure he plays just at the beginning of his solo, when the rest of the gang is briefly tacet - that bit is pure invention.
    • For this song, I was tacet on reps 1-3.

Origin

Latin, literally 'is silent', from tacere 'be silent'.

Rhymes

basset, facet, tacit
 
 

Definition of tacet in US English:

tacet

adverb & adjectiveˈtas-
Music
  • (as a direction) indicating that a voice or instrument is silent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For this song, I was tacet on reps 1-3.
    • I love the ascending figure he plays just at the beginning of his solo, when the rest of the gang is briefly tacet - that bit is pure invention.
    • In so labour-intensive an undertaking as a symphony, we regard the long oboe tacet passages to be extremely wasteful.

Origin

Latin, literally ‘is silent’, from tacere ‘be silent’.

 
 
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