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单词 sestet
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Definition of sestet in English:

sestet

noun sɛsˈtɛtsɛsˈtɛt
  • 1Prosody
    The last six lines of a sonnet.

    〔诗韵〕十四行诗的最后六行

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The beginning octave of this sonnet fits poorly with the sestet.
    • Or as Grafton puts it, in rhyming sestets, the footnote has the power to ‘buttress and undermine, at one and the same time’.
    • In the sestet we hear his revealingly equivocal reply to the proffered charge of aloofness.
  • 2Music
    rare A sextet.

    〔乐〕〈罕〉六重奏(曲);六重唱(曲)

Origin

Early 19th century: from Italian sestetto, from sesto, from Latin sextus 'a sixth'.

Rhymes

abet, aiguillette, anisette, Annette, Antoinette, arête, Arlette, ate, baguette, banquette, barbette, barrette, basinet, bassinet, beget, Bernadette, beset, bet, Bette, blanquette, Brett, briquette, brochette, brunette (US brunet), Burnett, cadet, caravanette, cassette, castanet, charette, cigarette (US cigaret), clarinet, Claudette, Colette, coquette, corvette, couchette, courgette, croquette, curette, curvet, Debrett, debt, dinette, diskette, duet, epaulette (US epaulet), flageolet, flannelette, forget, fret, galette, gazette, Georgette, get, godet, grisette, heavyset, Jeanette, jet, kitchenette, La Fayette, landaulet, launderette, layette, lazaret, leatherette, let, Lett, lorgnette, luncheonette, lunette, Lynette, maisonette, majorette, maquette, Marie-Antoinette, marionette, Marquette, marquisette, martinet, met, minaret, minuet, moquette, motet, musette, Nanette, net, noisette, nonet, novelette, nymphet, octet, Odette, on-set, oubliette, Paulette, pet, Phuket, picquet, pillaret, pincette, pipette, piquet, pirouette, planchette, pochette, quartet, quickset, quintet, regret, ret, Rhett, roomette, rosette, roulette, satinette, septet, serviette, set, sett, sextet, silhouette, soubrette, spinet, spinneret, statuette, stet, stockinet, sublet, suffragette, Suzette, sweat, thickset, threat, Tibet, toilette, tret, underlet, upset, usherette, vedette, vet, vignette, vinaigrette, wagonette, wet, whet, winceyette, yet, Yvette

Definition of sestet in US English:

sestet

nounsɛsˈtɛtsesˈtet
Prosody
  • 1The last six lines of a sonnet.

    〔诗韵〕十四行诗的最后六行

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Or as Grafton puts it, in rhyming sestets, the footnote has the power to ‘buttress and undermine, at one and the same time’.
    • In the sestet we hear his revealingly equivocal reply to the proffered charge of aloofness.
    • The beginning octave of this sonnet fits poorly with the sestet.
    1. 1.1Music rare A sextet.
      〔乐〕〈罕〉六重奏(曲);六重唱(曲)

Origin

Early 19th century: from Italian sestetto, from sesto, from Latin sextus ‘a sixth’.

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