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