每日单词：duet

duet  /djuˈet/

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 基本释义 

A duet is a piece of music sung or played by two people.

n. 二重奏，二重唱

 外刊例句 

What they found was that singers stayed more on tune with the pitch written in the musical score when singing solo, versus singing with a partner. And when one partner veered off pitch, the other singer followed her, perhaps to compensate for the error — meaning even though they weren't singing the pitch as written, the resulting duet was more harmonious. 

他们发现，相比于和搭档合唱，歌手独唱时的音调与乐谱上的音调更为一致。当搭档音调偏离时，另一名歌手也会跟着她偏离，也许是为了弥补错误——也就是说，即使她们演唱的音调与乐谱上的有出入，但同时出错的演唱效果却更加和谐。

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 追根溯源 

单词duet里的du部分，来源于拉丁语duo，表示“二，两，双”。所以，在英语里包含du的单词，多与此相关：

dual  /ˈdjuːəl/ 

adj. 双的，双重的

duel  /ˈdjuːəl/

n.（二人）决斗

duplicate  /ˈdjuːplɪkeɪt/ 

v. 复制  adj. 复制的，二重的

duplex  /ˈdjuːpleks/

adj. 二倍的，双重的；复式的

 影视例句 

在美剧《摩登家庭》S9E6中，Cam在描述准备的礼物时，就用到了今天的单词：

The year was 2007-the wedding reception of Jay and Gloria. Our gift to the newlyweds was a duet performance of 'Islands in the Stream.'

那年是2007年，杰和歌洛莉亚的婚宴，我们送新婚夫妇的礼物是二重唱《溪中小岛》。