quint

英 [kɪnt; kwɪnt] 美[kwɪnt]
  • n. 五度音;五胞胎
  • n. (Quint)人名;(德、意、瑞典)昆特;(西)金特;(法)坎

畅通词汇

英英释义


1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
2. one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

实用场景例句


Brody forces a stunned Vaughn to hire Quint.
布罗迪迫使市长雇用了昆特.

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双语例句


1. Brody forces a stunned Vaughn to hire Quint.
布罗迪迫使市长雇用了昆特.

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英文词源


quint (n.)
1520s, "a tax of one-fifth," from Middle French quint, from Latin quintus "the fifth," ordinal to quinque "five" (see quinque-). Used in English of various groups of five since 17c. First attested 1935 as a shortening of quintuplet (American English; British English prefers quin); used originally of the Dionne quintuplets, born May 28, 1934, near Callander, Ontario, Canada.