other).
# f] SE 'HE x! ££ it o 2 three times as
much
or as many as sth Hjg(ft; A Jr (ft: The amount of alcohol in his blood was
triple the legal maximum. #,
o
Its population is about triple that of
m verb to become, or to make
sth, three times as much or as many H fg ; M £ fg H77I treble : [V]
Output should triple by next year, fi] 41 fg? [also
VN]
the
'triple jump noun [sing.] a sporting event in
which people try to jump as far forward as possible with three jumps. The first
jump lands on one foot, the second on the other, and the third on both feet. trip-let /'triplet/ noun 1 one of three children
born at the same time to the same mother A Aft Jp A (ft — A 2 (music #) a group of three
equal notes to be played or sung in the time usually taken to play or sing two
of the same kind EL%t #
trip
li cate /'tripliket/
noun iHTOl in 'triplicate 1 done three times
j$MA#C: Each sample was tested in triplicate. 2 (of a document A#)
copied
twice, so that there are three copies in total —A-f# — compare duplicate
n. tri-pod /'traipnd; NAmE paid/ noun a support with three
legs for a camera, telescope, etc.
(
(ft ) A|#^ — picture o camera, laboratory trip-per /'tripa(r)/ noun (BrE) a person who is
visiting a place for a short time for pleasure ( MM ) a
day tripper — 0
trip
tych /'triptik/
noun (technical Ai«) a picture that is
painted or carved on three
pieces of wood placed side by side, especially one over an altar in a church Ag£
trip-wire
/'tripwaia(r)/
noun a wire that is
stretched close to the ground as part of a device for catching sb/sth if they
touch it ifjk;
tri-reme
/'trairiim/
noun a long flat ship with
three rows of oars on each
side, used in war by the ancient Greeks and Romans (
tri
shaw /'traijo:/
noun a light vehicle with
three wheels and pedals, used
in
tri
syl lable /trai'silabl/
noun (technical A ift) a word with
three syllables H a A is] trite /trait/ adj. (of a remark, an
opinion, etc. Wilt, ?&^) dull and boring because it has been expressed so
many times before; not original rg A (ft;
|g(ft EQa banal ► trite-ly adv. trlte-ness noun [U] tri tium /'tritiam/ noun [U] (symb T) an isotope (= a different form) of
hydrogen with a mass that is three times that of the usual isotope ft (
l((ft|WHi£^ ) tri
umph /'traiAmf/
noun, verb
mnoun 1 [C, U] ~ (over sb/sth) a great success,
achievement or victory E A$#J; $A$cM; ^Attf'J: one of the greatest triumphs
of modem science 31A A All If A (ft JE& A -* 0 It was a personal
triumph over her old rival. 2 [u] the feeling of
great
satisfaction or joy that you get from a great success or victory (■EAJ&^SEJ&f'JIKJ
)'frjiitJE., W 'tft , $£ W : a shout of triumph # f(ft Of W <> The winning team
returned home in triumph. M
jQ0
3 [sing.] a ~ (of sth) an excellent example
of how successful sth can be ( J5£?tj(ft ) Her arrest
was a triumph of international cooperation. M(ftl&5f;ii
■
verb [V] ~ (over sb/sth) to defeat sb/sth; to
be successful A
J/&; $c 14; JE& : As is usual in this kind of
movie,
good triumphs over evil in the end. i^i&#§Efei£(ft—
M—‘ g, II H. (iic 7 3£
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the final. &&&£*$* 3:0 »0 tri umph al /trai’Amfl/ adj. [usually before noun] done or made in order
to celebrate a great success or victory Mift
tri
umph al ism /trai'Amfalizam/
noun [u] (disapproving) behaviour that
celebrates a victory or success in a way that is too proud and intended to
upset the people you have defeated ► tri-umph-al-ist adj.
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tri-umph-ant
/trai'Amfant/
adj. 1 very successful in a way that causes
great satisfaction [tillIIIffcEft; Al£:£: It 61); E A J® Th : They emerged triumphant in the
September election, it O W A B # 61) ^ A A $ & It „
2 showing great satisfaction or joy about a
victory or success ; ®##it(ft; a
triumphant
smile ► tri-umph-ant-ly adv.
tri-um-vir-ate
/trai'Amvarat/
noun
(formal) a
group of three powerful people or groups who control sth togetherHAMtl; AA^UBI;
trivet /'trivit/ noun a metal stand that you can put a
hot dish, etc. on (
trivia
/'trivia/ noun [U] 1 unimportant matters, details or
information Ip; £15 $ A A : We spent the whole evening discussing domestic trivia. flcfn® Al&Ai&T< IgJ^o 2 (usually in compounds iiWff J^SWisI) facts about many subjects that are
used in a game to test people’s knowledge ( § W
iR:
a trivia quiz $BiR ffi% (ft |A^ tb# triv ial /'trivial/ adj. not important or serious; not
worth considering A SII (ft; SWIft; itAALit&i): a trivial detail £H A A A 0 I know it sounds trivial, but
I’m worried about it. UMR&
ZijMl'A
To 0
I’ll try to
fix it — but it’s not trivial (= it may be difficult to fix). , AMWAJig^
Wo ► trivially /-iali/ adv.
trivi-al-ity
/.trivi'aelati/
noun
(pi. -ies) (disapproving) 1 [C] a matter that is not important §![lp; I don’t want
to waste time on trivialities. 3%
^ 41
i: o 2 [U] the state of being unimportant or dealing with unimportant things
itA&il; SI A; A A gS: His speech was one of great triviality. #,(fti#i4Ji
trivi
al ize (BrE also -ise) /'trrvialaiz/ verb [VN] (usually disapproving) to make sth seem less important,
serious, difficult, etc. than it really is {£114# 3$ $4 ( i&AlflA A ►trivi-al-iza-tion, -isa-tion /.trivialai'zeijn; NAmE -la'z-/ noun [U]
tro-chee
/'trauki:; NAmE 'trouki:/ noun (technical Ain) a unit of sound in poetry
consisting of one strong or long syllable followed by one weak or short
syllable ( A (ft ) ►tro-cha-ic /trau'kenk; NAmEtrou-/
adj.
trod
pt of TREAD trod-den pp of tread
trog
/trog;
NAmE traig/ noun (BrE, informal) a person with bad
social skills and low intelligence
iftA;
trog-lo-dyte
/'trngladait;
NAmE 'traig-/ noun a person living in a cave, especially in prehistoric times ( %
)
troika
/'troika/ noun (formal) a group of three politicians or
countries working together £4
£g^; wanai
troil-ism
/'troilizam/ noun [U] sexual activity involving
three people
Tro-jan
/'traud3an; NAmE 'trou-/ noun, adj. a person from the ancient city of
( Ai«(ft ) ISAA ( sktSib )
2 (computing if) a computer program that seems
to be helpful but that is, in fact, designed to destroy data, etc. ( W'm ) (
-wmmn)A m
feip m )
l>huciuM From the story in which
the
ancient Greeks hid inside a hollow wooden statue of a horse in order to enter
the city of their enemies, Troy. W#J©AAT^ASc^#m#Mli
W$W#jA2,Ao
troll
/trnl; traul;
NAmE troul/ noun, verb mnoun 1 (in Scandinavian stories) a
creature that looks like an ugly person. Some trolls are very large and evil,
others are small and friendly but like to trick people.
(
»rH(ft£ft£IMm*lft ) Lijffi, Eg, (ftfM