单词 | quadri |
释义 | quadri- in British English or before a vowel quadr- combining form four quadrilateral quadrilingual quadrisyllabic Word origin from Latin; compare quattuor fourfour in British English (fɔː) noun 1. the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one 2. a numeral, 4, IV, etc, representing this number 3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of four units, such as a playingcard with four symbols on it 4. Also called: four o'clock four hours after noon or midnight 5. cricket a. a shot that crosses the boundary after hitting the ground b. the four runs scored for such a shot 6. rowing a. a racing shell propelled by four oarsmen pulling one oar each, with or without a cox b. the crew of such a shell determiner ▶ Related prefixes: , quadri-, tetra-7. a. amounting to four four thousand eggs four times b. (as pronoun) four are ready quadri- in American English (ˈkwɑdrɪ) four, four times, fourfold quadrilingual Word origin L < quattuor, fourquadri- in American Englishprefix a combining form meaning “four,” used in the formation of compound words quadrilateral Also: quadru-, (esp before a vowel) quadr- Word origin [‹ L; akin to quattuor four]Definition of 'quadri-' |
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