quadruplet

英 ['kwɒdrʊplɪt; kwɒ'druːplɪt] 美 ['kwɑdrʊplət]
  • n. 四胎儿;四胞胎之一;成套的四件
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quadruplet 四胞胎

quadr-,四,-plet,倍数,词源同triple,triplet.用于指四胞胎。

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.
1. On March 23 last year, Huan Huan delivered her first set of quadruplet ligers.
去年4月23日欢欢生下了它的第一群四胞胎狮子虎.

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