duet

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du·et1 /djuˈet $ duˈet/ noun [countable]  APMa piece of music for two singers or players 二重唱（曲）；二重奏（曲） → quartet, solo, trio

Examples from the Corpus

duet• For 1996, the solo and duet were tossed out of the Olympics and replaced by the eight-woman team.• He now formed two child duets.• Wheeler and Jones sang a mawkish duet about a girl worth a million wishes.duet2 verb (past tense duetted, past participle duetting)  if one singer or musician duets with another, they sing or play together 唱二重唱；奏二重奏→ See Verb tableOrigin duet (1700-1800) Italian duetto, from duo “group of two”

du·et1 nounduet2 verbChineseSyllable  

singers a piece or music two of Corpus for

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du‧et¹ /djuˈet $ duˈet/ noun [countable]a piece of music for two singers or players ⇨ quartet, solo, trio
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ pair two things of the same type that you use together. Also used about two people who do something together or who you often see together: a pair of shoes | a pair of socks | Winners will receive a pair of tickets for the show. | The pair were arrested six days after the killing. | They're a funny pair! | The British pair will be playing in the final on Saturday.
   ▪ a couple (of something) two things of the same type, or a very small number of things: There were a couple of empty seats at the table. | Do you have any stamps? I just need a couple.
   ▪ couple noun [countable] two people who are married or having a sexual relationship: a married couple | The couple met at university.
   ▪ twins noun [plural] two children who were born on the same day to the same mother: The twins look very alike. | identical twins
   ▪ duo noun [countable] two people who perform together or who are often seen together: a comedy duo
   ▪ duet noun [countable] a piece of music written for two people to play: They played a duet by Brahms.
   ▪ twice two times adverb: The group meets twice a week. | She sneezed twice.

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duet² verb (past tense duetted, past participle duetting)
if one singer or musician duets with another, they sing or play together

duetBrE /djuˈet/ 🔊NAmE /duˈet/ 🔊 (also less frequent duo) nouna piece of music for two players or singers 二重奏（曲）；二重唱（曲）◆a piano duet钢琴二重奏曲  ➡  compare solo noun (1) , trio (3)