quintuplet

英 ['kwɪntjʊ,plɪt; kwɪn'tjuːplɪt] 美['kwɪntʊplət]
  • n. 五胞胎之一;五个一组;五件一套

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

中文词源


quintuplet 五胞胎

quint-,五,-plet,倍数,词源同triplet,quadruplet.引申词义五胞胎。

英文词源


quintuplet (n.)
1873, "set of five things" (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.) with ending from triplet. In plural, "five children at one birth" it is recorded from 1889.

词态变化


复数: quintuplets;