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pentad的意思

pentad
英式音标['pɛntæd]
美式英标['pentæd]

基本解释

n. 五;五个一组;五年间;五价物

英文词源

pentad (n.)
1650s, from Greek pentas (genitive pentados) "group of five" (see five). Meaning "period of five years" is from 1880; meaning "period of five days" is from 1906, originally in meteorology.