quintuplet
英 ['kwɪntjʊ,plɪt; kwɪn'tjuːplɪt]
美['kwɪntʊplət]
释义
n. 五胞胎之一；五个一组；五件一套
词态变化
复数: quintuplets;
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.
英英释意
- 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
