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单词 quatrefoil
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quatrefoil

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quat·re·foil

Q0021900 (kăt′ər-foil′, kăt′rə-)n.1. A representation of a flower with four petals or a leaf with four leaflets, especially in heraldry.2. Architecture Tracery or an ornament with four foils or lobes.
[Middle English quaterfoile : Old French quatre, four; see quatrain + Old French foil, leaf; see foil2.]

quatrefoil

(ˈkætrəˌfɔɪl) or

quatrefeuille

n1. (Botany) a leaf composed of four leaflets2. (Architecture) architect a carved ornament having four foils arranged about a common centre, esp one used in tracery[C15: from Old French, from quatre four + -foil leaflet; compare trefoil]

quat•re•foil

(ˈkæt ərˌfɔɪl, ˈkæ trə-)

n. 1. a leaf composed of four leaflets. 2. an architectural ornament composed of four lobes, separated by cusps, radiating from a common center. [1375–1425; Middle English < Middle French quatre four + -foil (as in trefoil)]

quatrefoil

enUK

quatrefoil

1. a leaf composed of four leaflets 2. Architect a carved ornament having four foils arranged about a common centre, esp one used in tracery

quatrefoil

Having four foils, lobes, or acute divisions. See also: Foils

quatrefoil

[′kwä·trə‚fȯil] (mathematics) A multifoil consisting of four congruent arcs of a circle arranged around a square.

quatrefoil

A four-lobed pattern divided by cusps; also See foil.
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