duo

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du·o /ˈdjuːəʊ $ ˈduːoʊ/ ●○○ noun (plural duos) [countable]  1  APTWOtwo people who perform together or are often seen together 〔在一起表演的〕一对艺人，搭档；形影不离的两个人 the comedy duo Reeves and Mortimer 喜剧搭档里夫斯和莫蒂默2. APMa piece of music for two performers 二重奏（曲）；二重唱（曲） SYN duet

Examples from the Corpus

duo• a brilliant young comedy duo• The Fernandez duo will attempt to defend their 1992 gold medal.• But the giant duo strode imperiously through the mud during the second half to set up Saints' two match-clinching tries.• the successful management duo of Doug Livermore and Ray Clemence• Meh'Lindi's rented, streetwise duo guaranteed her much more anonymity; as to her motives, they exhibited no interest whatever.• The duo are on course to meet in the Tripleprint Feltham Chase after convincing wins on Saturday.• The duo, whose hit Turn Around got to No2 in 1999, planned to put it out on their label Multiply.• The guitarist-vocalist duo has been recording and touring as a team for nearly 11 years.Origin duo (1500-1600) Italian “two”, from Latin

du·o nounChineseSyllable  

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duo
du‧o /ˈdjuːəʊ $ ˈduːoʊ/ noun (plural duos) [countable]1. two people who perform together or are often seen together:
    the comedy duo Reeves and Mortimer
2. a piece of music for two performers
   SYN  duet
     

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.

duoBrE /ˈdjuːəʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈduːoʊ/ 🔊 noun (

plural

duos) two people who perform together or are often seen or thought of together 一对表演者；搭档◆the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy劳莱和哈代这对喜剧搭档  ➡  compare trio = duet