quartet
noun /kwɔːˈtet/
/kwɔːrˈtet/
- enlarge image[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
- the Amadeus Quartet
- [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
- a Beethoven string quartet
- [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
- the last in a quartet of novels
词源early 17th cent. (in the general sense ‘set of four’): from French quartette, from Italian quartetto, from quarto ‘fourth’, from Latin quartus.