Cinque

[siŋk]

解釋/意思:

(n.) Five; the number five in dice or cards.

整理:尼古拉斯

解釋/意思:

n. the number five as on dice.—ns. Cinque′-cen′to (It. 'five hundred') a phrase sometimes applied in treating of architecture and art to the Renaissance period which began about 1500; Cinque′-foil (her.) a common bearing representing a flower with five petals borne full-faced and without a stalk: (bot.) species of plants of the genus Potentilla: the five-bladed clover; Cinque′-pace (Shak.) a kind of dance the pace or movement of which is characterised by five beats.—n.pl. Cinque′-ports the five ancient ports on the south of England lying opposite to France—Sandwich Dover Hythe Romney and Hastings.—adj. Cinque′-spot′ted (Shak.) having five spots.

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