| 单词 | quintet |
| 释义 | quintet (once / 10985 pages) n When five people do something together, you can refer to them as a quintet. If only there were that fifth Beatle, then they would have been considered a quintet. Sigh. The most common kind of quintet is a five-person musical group. A string quintet might be made up of two violinists, a viola player, and two cellists, while your cousin's a cappella quintet will have five harmonizing singers. If you can usually be found hanging out with your four best friends, people might call the five of you a quintet. The original meaning was "musical composition for five voices," from the Latin quintus, "the fifth."and quinque, "five." WORD FAMILYquintet: quintets USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Hardesty moved to Las Vegas in the 1970s and in recent years was part of quintet that played in local schools there. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) The album, on two discs, also explores notions of conservation, inheritance and social justice, all through the solemn stirrings of his chamberesque Golden Quintet. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) At the time, he was mulling a piece for the American Brass Quintet. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) 1n a musical composition for five performers Syn|Hyper quintette composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music a musical work that has been created 2n five performers or singers who perform together Syn|Hyper quintette musical group, musical organisation, musical organization an organization of musicians who perform together 3n five people considered as a unit Syn|Hyper fivesome, quintette assemblage, gathering a group of persons together in one place 4n a set of five similar things considered as a unit Syn|Hyper quintette, quintuple, quintuplet 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 four and one Syn|Hyper 5, Little Phoebe, Phoebe, V, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, pentad, quint, quintuplet digit, figure one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration |
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