| 释义 |
quin·tet
noun
also quin·tette \(ˈ)kwin.|tet, usu -ed.+V\
(-s)
Etymology: quintet from Italian quintetto, diminutive of quinto fifth, from quinto, adjective, fifth, from Latin quintus; quintette from French, from Italian quintetto
1. : a musical composition or movement for five singers or five instrumentalists with or without accompaniment
2.
a. : a group of five persons who sing or play five-part music
b. : any group or set of five
< a quintet of names seldom found in isolation — Irish Statesman >
< took a rough bearing and led the surviving quintet across the hard flat ground — Fred Majdalany >
< as the quintet came up the sidewalk — Peggy Bennett >
c. : a male basketball team
3. : a game similar to tenpins except that only five pins arranged triangularly are used |