sextuplet
/seks-tuhp-lit, -too-plit, -tyoo-, seks-too-plit, -tyoo-/US // sɛksˈtʌp lɪt, -ˈtu plɪt, -ˈtyu-, ˈsɛks tʊ plɪt, -tyʊ- //UK // (ˈsɛkstjʊplɪt) //
六胞胎,六连体,六重奏,六联体
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n.名词 noun
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- : a group or combination of six things.
- : one of six offspring born at one birth.
- : sextuplets, six children or offspring born of one pregnancy.
- : Music. a group of six notes of equal value performed in the same time normally taken to perform four.
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Sextuplet—a group of six notes to be performed in the time ordinarily given to four of the same value.
The sextuplet differs from a pair of triplets in having but one accent.
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