| 释义 |
quintuplicate, a. and n.|kwɪnˈtjuːplɪkət|
[f. quintuple, after duplicate, quadruplicate.]
A. adj. Five times repeated; consisting of five things, similar parts, etc. quintuplicate proportion: cf. quadruplicate a. 1.
1656tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 240 The lengths transmitted shall be to the times in which they are transmitted, in proportion quadruplicate, quintuplicate [etc.].
B. n.
a. A set of five. Also, in quintuplicate.
b. One of a set of five similar things. rare.
1851Trench Stud. Words vi. (1869) 229 We possess in English a great many duplicates, not to speak of triplicates or of such a quintuplicate as that which I adduced just now. 1941F. Scott Fitzgerald Last Tycoon iii. 41 Miss Doolan's notes would be typed in quintuplicate. 1968H. Edwards Thirty Years Spiritual Healer v. 51 In Holland, no one can be admitted to a healing meeting unless he becomes a member of the society, and even then records in quintuplicate have to be made for each person attending. 1978B. Norman To nick a Good Body vii. 55 Statements..typed out in quintuplicate. |