单词 | sextuplet |
释义 | sextuplet/ˈsɛkstjʊplɪt![]() noun 1Each of six children born at one birth: only two other sets of sextuplets have been born in Britain...
2 Music A group of six notes to be performed in the time of four.Here the texture is comprised of rushing chromatic sextuplets in the strings, an approach which is strongly reminiscent of the drowning music heard in Act 3 of Wozzeck....
OriginMid 19th century: from sextuple, on the pattern of words such as triplet. |
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