| 单词 | triple |
| 释义 | triple (once / 638 pages) 1adjnv 2nv Triple means to multiply by three. If you triple the number two, you get six, and six is the triple of the number two. In triple, you see tri which means three. You see this prefix in tricycle (three wheels), tripod (three legs), and triplet (three siblings born at the same time). To triple is to increase threefold, just as to double means to increase twofold, quadruple fourfold and quintuple fivefold. In each of these pairs, the former word is Latin based and the latter has Old English origins. WORD FAMILYtriple: tripled, tripler, triples, triplicate, tripling, triply+/triplicate: triplicated, triplicates, triplicating/tripling: triplings USAGE EXAMPLESOfficials expressed dismay over the scenes of slaughter in the Compaj prison, which held more than 1,200 inmates, about triple its official capacity. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Last winter, volunteers submitted more than 2,000 reports about more than 38,000 turkeys, nearly triple the previous year’s total. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Because the family’s rent is tied to income, the rent tripled in August, to about $770 a month from $245. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1adj having three units or components or elements overcrowding made triple sessions necessary triple time has three beats per measure Syn ternary, treble, triplex multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 2adj three times as great or many Syn three-fold, threefold, treble multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 3n a quantity that is three times as great as another Hyper multiple the product of a quantity by an integer 4n a set of three similar things considered as a unit Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper triad, trio, triplet Trimurti the triad of divinities of later Hinduism trilogy a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme trigon, triplicity(astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees set a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used 5v increase threefold 2Triple your income! Syn|Hyper treble manifold, multiply combine or increase by multiplication 1n a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base Syn|Hypo|Hyper three-bagger, three-base hit line triple, line-drive triple a triple resulting from a line drive base hit, safety (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely 2v hit a three-base hit Hyper hit cause to move by striking |
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