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单词 Cinque Ports
释义

cinque /singk/

noun

The number five, as on dice

ORIGIN: Fr

cinqueˈfoil noun

  1. A common bearing representing a flower with five petals borne full-faced and without a stalk (heraldry)
  2. A similar figure formed by cusps in a circular window or the head of a pointed arch (architecture)
  3. The plant Potentilla reptans (botany)
  4. The five-bladed clover (botany)

cinqueˈ-pace noun (Shakespeare also sinkeˈ-a-pace)

Formerly, a lively dance, the pace or movement of which is characterized by five beats

Cinque Ports plural noun

The five ancient ports on the south coast of England lying opposite to France, orig Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney and Hastings, and later including Winchelsea, Rye, and a number of subordinate ports

cinqueˈ-spotted adjective (Shakespeare)

Having five spots

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