quintuplet
英 ['kw?ntj?,pl?t; kw?n'tju?pl?t]
美['kw?nt?pl?t]
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?quintuplets;
中文詞源
quintuplet 五胞胎quint-,五，-plet,倍數(shù)，詞源同triplet,quadruplet.引申詞義五胞胎。
英文詞源
- 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.