quadruplet
英 ['kwɒdrʊplɪt; kwɒ'druːplɪt]
美['kwɑdrʊplət]
- n. 四胎儿；四胞胎之一；成套的四件
词态变化
复数: quadruplets;
中文词源
quadruplet 四胞胎
quadr-,四，-plet,倍数，词源同triple,triplet.用于指四胞胎。
英英释意
- 1. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
- 2. one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
- 3. a set of four similar things considered as a unit
英文词源
- quadruplet (n.)
- "one of four children at a single birth," 1787; from quadruple (adj.) with ending from triplet. Related: Quadruplets. Musical sense is from 1873.