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单词 triple
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triple

adjective
/ˈtrɪpl/
/ˈtrɪpl/
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  1. [only before noun] having three parts or involving three people or groups
    • a triple heart bypass operation
    • a triple alliance
    • They're showing a triple bill of horror movies (= three horror movies one after the other).
  2. [not before noun] three times as much or as many as something
    • The amount of alcohol in his blood was triple the legal maximum.
    • Its population is about triple that of Venice.
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective and adverb): from Old French, or from Latin triplus, from Greek triplous.

triple

verb
/ˈtrɪpl/
/ˈtrɪpl/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they triple
/ˈtrɪpl/
/ˈtrɪpl/
he / she / it triples
/ˈtrɪplz/
/ˈtrɪplz/
past simple tripled
/ˈtrɪpld/
/ˈtrɪpld/
past participle tripled
/ˈtrɪpld/
/ˈtrɪpld/
-ing form tripling
/ˈtrɪplɪŋ/
/ˈtrɪplɪŋ/
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  1. to become, or to make something, three times as much or as many synonym treble
    • Output should triple by next year.
    • The figure has more than tripled to 67%.
    • triple something The company recently tripled the size of its operation.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTriple is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • value
    Triple is used with these nouns as the object:
    • number
    • salary
    • sale
    • …
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    Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective and adverb): from Old French, or from Latin triplus, from Greek triplous.
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