| 单词 | treble |
| 释义 | treble (once / 1525 pages) 1adjnv 2adjv Something that's treble has three parts or sections. You could describe a tricycle as a treble wheeled vehicle. You can use the adjective treble to mean "triple," either because it's three times as large, or has three components. If you watch three movies in a row at a theater, you can call it a treble feature. A three-headed monster can also be described as treble headed. Another meaning of treble is a high-pitched singing voice, especially a boy's. Treble comes from the Latin word triplus, or "threefold." WORD FAMILYtreble: trebled, trebles, trebling, trebly USAGE EXAMPLESAnother is Unibot, a robotic vacuum cleaner that trebles up as a mobile home security camera and an air purifier/humidifier. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Equalled Sir Chris Hoy's British record of six Olympic gold medals with a treble in Rio. BBC(Nov 28, 2016) Celtic now switches its focus back to the quest for a domestic treble. Washington Times(Nov 27, 2016) 1 1adj having or denoting a high range the boy still had a fine treble voice the treble clef Syn soprano high, high-pitched used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency 2n the pitch range of the highest female voice Syn|Hyper soprano pitch the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration 3v sing treble 2Hyper sing produce tones with the voice 1adj three times as great or many a claim for treble (or triple) damages Syn three-fold, threefold, triple multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 2adj having three units or components or elements a treble row of red beads Syn ternary, triple, triplex multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 3adj having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities Syn double, dual, three-fold, threefold, two-fold, twofold multiple having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual 4v increase threefold Syn|Hyper triple manifold, multiply combine or increase by multiplication |
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