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Definition of quadruplet in English: quadrupletnoun kwɒˈdruːplɪtˈkwɒdrʊplɪtkwɑˈdruplət 1usually quadrupletsEach of four children born at one birth. 四胞胎之一 Example sentencesExamples - The birth of both boy and girl quadruplets has been an extremely rare occurrence in Shanghai in the past 30 years.
- You four were the first lot of quadruplets born in the Teger.
- I never expected them to be twins, let alone triplets or quadruplets.
- Indeed, if these early cells separate, they can each continue to develop, making identical twins, triplets, quadruplets, etc.
- Commotion over multiple births - quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets - isn't new.
- The parents of girl quadruplets in Nanjing signed a contract with a Beijing-based advertising company that entrusted it with the girls' growth and education.
- A Yorkshire woman has given birth to quadruplets, after getting pregnant while taking contraceptive pills.
- Close to 60 percent of twins, over 90 percent of triplets and virtually all quadruplets and higher multiples are born preterm.
- The quadruplets, two boys and two girl babies, are also Niloufer Hospital's first.
- Since in vitro fertilization started, two decades ago, there has been an explosion of twins, triplets, quadruplets, even quintuplets.
- Having given birth to quadruplets in August, the 26-year-old Queensland mother is now pregnant with another four, due in December.
- If I give you a two-hour lunch break today, every worker whose wife gives birth to quadruplets will want one too.
- Fyodor Vassilyev of Shuya, Russia gave birth to 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets - a world record.
- But doctors yesterday warned they face a high risk of seeing the new quadruplets born prematurely or with abnormalities.
- All seven sets of quadruplets were born before 1994.
- Useful documents include notice of a job transfer, a letter from your doctor or birth certificates for the quadruplets.
- But just logistically, I don't know how people do triplets or quadruplets or quintuplets, because I can't carry two babies at the same time.
- The quadruplets, three girls and one boy, were born on July 25 in Shanghai No.1 Maternity and Child Care Hospital by caesarean section.
- About 500 sets of quadruplets are born each year in the US, according to the National Centre for Health Statistics.
- While it is possible to look at all possible pairs of markers, examining all possible triplets and quadruplets quickly becomes impractical.
2Music
A group of four notes to be performed in the time of three. 〔乐〕四连音 Example sentencesExamples - Piano I intensifies the accompaniment of the bell effects by passing from quadruplet sixteenth to triplet sixteenth.
OriginLate 18th century: from quadruple, on the pattern of triplet. Definition of quadruplet in US English: quadrupletnounkwɑˈdruplətkwäˈdro͞oplət 1usually quadrupletsEach of four children born at one birth. 四胞胎之一 Example sentencesExamples - You four were the first lot of quadruplets born in the Teger.
- The quadruplets, three girls and one boy, were born on July 25 in Shanghai No.1 Maternity and Child Care Hospital by caesarean section.
- The parents of girl quadruplets in Nanjing signed a contract with a Beijing-based advertising company that entrusted it with the girls' growth and education.
- If I give you a two-hour lunch break today, every worker whose wife gives birth to quadruplets will want one too.
- All seven sets of quadruplets were born before 1994.
- I never expected them to be twins, let alone triplets or quadruplets.
- Close to 60 percent of twins, over 90 percent of triplets and virtually all quadruplets and higher multiples are born preterm.
- The quadruplets, two boys and two girl babies, are also Niloufer Hospital's first.
- The birth of both boy and girl quadruplets has been an extremely rare occurrence in Shanghai in the past 30 years.
- But just logistically, I don't know how people do triplets or quadruplets or quintuplets, because I can't carry two babies at the same time.
- About 500 sets of quadruplets are born each year in the US, according to the National Centre for Health Statistics.
- Indeed, if these early cells separate, they can each continue to develop, making identical twins, triplets, quadruplets, etc.
- Since in vitro fertilization started, two decades ago, there has been an explosion of twins, triplets, quadruplets, even quintuplets.
- While it is possible to look at all possible pairs of markers, examining all possible triplets and quadruplets quickly becomes impractical.
- Commotion over multiple births - quadruplets, quintuplets, sextuplets - isn't new.
- Having given birth to quadruplets in August, the 26-year-old Queensland mother is now pregnant with another four, due in December.
- A Yorkshire woman has given birth to quadruplets, after getting pregnant while taking contraceptive pills.
- Useful documents include notice of a job transfer, a letter from your doctor or birth certificates for the quadruplets.
- But doctors yesterday warned they face a high risk of seeing the new quadruplets born prematurely or with abnormalities.
- Fyodor Vassilyev of Shuya, Russia gave birth to 16 sets of twins, seven sets of triplets and four sets of quadruplets - a world record.
2Music
A group of four notes to be performed in the time of three. 〔乐〕四连音 Example sentencesExamples - Piano I intensifies the accompaniment of the bell effects by passing from quadruplet sixteenth to triplet sixteenth.
OriginLate 18th century: from quadruple, on the pattern of triplet. |