| 释义 |
triad /trīˈad, -əd/ noun- A group, set, or union of three
- (in Welsh literature) a group of three sayings, stories, etc, about related subjects
- A group of three lines or stanzas in different metres
- A chord of three notes, esp the common chord (music)
- An atom, element, or radical with a valency of three (chem)
- (with cap) any of many Chinese secret societies (orig so named from their use of the triangle in their rituals), some founded in the 17c to resist the Manchu regime, some now associated with criminal activities, esp heroin trading
adjective (also trīadˈic) in the form of or relating to a triad ORIGIN: L trias, from Gr trias, triados, from treis three trīˈadist noun A composer of triads |