2021-02-17 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – triple & treble
2021-02-17
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – triple & treble
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง triple = ‘TRIP-uhl’
ออกเสียง treble = ‘TREB-uhl’
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VOCAB BUILDER
What is a basic definitionof triple?
Triple describes something as being made of three parts
or being three times as great.
Triple also means a set of three.
The word triple has several other senses as an adjective, noun, and verb.
In any sense, the word triple always has to do with the number three.
Triple often describes something that is made of three parts
or contains three of something.
- Real-life examples: A triple-layer cake has three layers.
A triple homicideinvolves the murder of three people.
A triple-deckerbus has three decks of seats.
A cardplayer who has triple aces has three cards with aces on them.
- Used in a sentence:
My famous triple-layer cake has two layers of chocolate cake and one layer of vanilla cake.
Triple also often describes something
that is three times as great as something else.
For example, a couch that is triple the price of another couchcosts three times as much.
- Used in a sentence:
I sold my bike for $300, which is triple the $100 I paid for it.
In this sense, triple is used as a verb to mean to multiply something by three.
For example, if you triple 2, you get 6 because 2 x 3 = 6.
- Used in a sentence:
I think I will triple the tablespoons of sugar in the next batch of lemonade from 2tablespoons to 6.
Triple is also a noun that means a set of three.
The word triplet is also commonly used in this sense.
- Used in a sentence:
The shirts were packaged together in triples of red, white, and blue.
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions
triple & treble
Although triple and trebleshare the meaning of “three-fold,”
“consisting of three parts,” “trice multiplied,”
treble’is rarely used except for its special sense in music:
“having the highest range or part” (young choir boys with treble voices).
One might say “You can triple your income this year,”
although treble could be correctly substituted for triple.
As a verb, adjective, and noun,
triple is used in sentences such as these:”
He tripled his planting of vegetables that spring.”
“This play has triple implications.”
“In the third inning, the player hit a triple.”
“A rare occurrence in baseball is a triple play.”
Words or phrasesof which triple form a part
include “triple time,” “triple threat,” “triple Alliance,”
“triple measure,” “triple Entente,” “triple rhyme,”
and “triple-decker.”
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