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quartet

noun
🔊/kwɔːˈtet/
🔊/kwɔːrˈtet/
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  1. [countable + singular or plural verb] a group of four musicians or singers who play or sing together四重奏乐团；四重唱组合
    • the Amadeus Quartet阿玛迪厄斯四重奏乐队
  2. [countable] a piece of music for four musicians or singers四重奏（曲）；四重唱（曲）
    • a Beethoven string quartet贝多芬弦乐四重奏曲
    Topics Musicc2
  3. [countable + singular or plural verb] a set of four people or things四人组；四件套；四部曲
    • the last in a quartet of novels四部曲小说的最后一部
    4. Word Originearly 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘set of four’): from French quartette, from Italian quartetto, from quarto ‘fourth’, from Latin quartus.