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a quartet of [plural noun]
A quartet of musicians performed at the concert.
四位音乐家组成的四重奏在音乐会上表演。
四重奏 [计] 四位字节
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四重奏 [计] 四位字节
a group of four people playing music or singing together; a set of four similar things; a musical composition for four performers
A quartet of musicians performed at the concert.
四位音乐家组成的四重奏在音乐会上表演。
四人或四物组成的一组,尤指
A group of four people or things, particularly
The string quartet performed Beethoven's opus 18.
弦乐四重奏演奏了贝多芬的作品18。
She joined a vocal quartet that sang madrigals.
她加入了一个演唱牧歌的声乐四重奏。
The museum displayed a quartet of ancient vases.
博物馆展出了一组四件古代花瓶。
A quartet of musicians performed at the concert.
四位音乐家组成的四重奏在音乐会上表演。
常用搭配：string quartet 弦乐四重奏
She plays the violin in a string quartet.
她在弦乐四重奏中拉小提琴。
指为某种乐器组合创作的四重奏乐曲
Beethoven wrote a famous quartet for strings.
贝多芬写了一首著名的弦乐四重奏。
Not this
He plays in quartet.
Use this
He plays in a quartet.
quartet 是可数名词，表示一个四重奏乐团时需加不定冠词 a/an。
Not this
There are three quartet performing.
Use this
There are three quartets performing.
quartet 的复数形式是 quartets，谓语动词 are 应与复数主语一致。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
弦乐四重奏
The string quartet performed Beethoven's Op. 18.
这个弦乐四重奏演奏了贝多芬的作品18号。
爵士四重奏
A famous jazz quartet played at the festival.
一个著名的爵士四重奏在音乐节上演奏。
声乐四重奏
The vocal quartet harmonized beautifully.
这个声乐四重奏的和声很美。
四重奏表演
We attended a quartet performance at the concert hall.
我们在音乐厅观看了一场四重奏表演。
四重奏成员
Each quartet member played a different instrument.
每个四重奏成员演奏不同的乐器。
组成四重奏
They decided to form a quartet after college.
大学毕业后他们决定组成一个四重奏。
Use quartet naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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想象四个演奏者（quarter的‘四’）组成quartet（四重奏）。
register: mixed, contexts: [音乐表演, 计算机数据单位], note_zh: 注意：quartet在音乐中指四重奏（或四重唱），比较常见；在计算机领域指四位字节，属于专业术语。语域因语境而异，音乐语境下较通用，计算机语境下较专业。
Words ending with the sound /et/ (as in the stressed syllable of quartet) are genuine rhymes. Among these, quintet, sextet, and octet share the exact spelling '-tet'. Duet, cadet, and cassette are also rhyming lookalikes but have different spellings.
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