a group of five people playing music or singing together 五重奏乐团;五重唱组合 ■a musical composition for such a group 五重奏曲;五重唱曲 ■any group of five people or things 五个一组;五件一套 a novel about a quintet of interrelated lovers. 一部描述五角恋爱的小说。
语源
late 18th cent.: from French quintette or Italian quintetto, from quinto 'fifth', from Latin quintus