concerto

noun
🔊/kənˈtʃeətəʊ/
🔊/kənˈtʃertəʊ/
(plural concertos)
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  1. a piece of music for one or more solo instruments playing with an orchestra协奏曲
    • a piano concerto钢琴协奏曲
    • concerto for something a concerto for flute and harp长笛与竖琴协奏曲
    • a concerto for clarinet and orchestra单簧管和管弦乐队协奏曲
    Topics Musicc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • piano
    • violin
    • etc.
    verb + concerto
    • compose
    • write
    • perform
    preposition
    • concerto for
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: Italian, from concertare ‘harmonize’.