释义
n.
(一般作quintuplets)each of five children born to the same mother at one birth
五胞胎之一。
Music a group of five notes to be performed in the time of three or four
【乐】 五连音(指在三拍或四拍时间内均等地奏出的五个音)。
词源
"late 19th cent.: from QUINTUPLE, on the pattern of words such as triplet."