quintuplet
英['kwɪntjʊ,plɪt;kwɪn'tjuːplɪt]
美['kwɪntʊplət]
- 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.