单词 | quintuple |
释义 | quintuple /kwin tooh"peuhl, -tyooh"-, -tup"euhl, kwin"too peuhl, -tyoo-/, adj., n., v., quintupled, quintupling. adj. 1. fivefold; consisting of five parts. 2. five times as great or as much. 3. Music. having five beats to a measure. n. 4. a number, amount, etc., five times as great as another. v.t. , v.i. 5. to make or become five times as great. [1560-70; < MF < NL or ML quintuplus, deriv. of quintus fifth (see QUINT1), on the model of duplus DUPLE, quadruplus QUADRUPLE] |
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