单词 | quadrivirate |
释义 | > as lemmasquadrivirate quadrivirate n. Brit. /kwɒˈdrɪvᵻrət/ , /kwəˈdrɪvᵻrət/ , U.S. /kwɑˈdrɪvərət/ = quadrumvirate n.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > four > [noun] > group of four > persons quadrivirate1654 quatrumvirate1684 partie carrée1693 quadrumvirate1752 quartetto1771 quartet1814 quartumvirate1840 square party1851 quattuorvirate1856 foursome1926 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 258 This bloodlesse victory, over a Quadrivirate of Mummers. 1928 G. E. Woodberry Let. 21 Feb. (1933) 252 We must prepare ourselves for the time soon when all our biographies will be of ‘business men’—the Hoover-Mellon-Ford-Rockefeller quadrivirate. 1997 Atlanta Jrnl. & Const. (Nexis) 14 Sept. 10 l The nation's ruling quadrivirate of Clinton, Gore, Lott and Gingrich all come from the South. < as lemmas |
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