- [only before noun] having three parts or involving three people or groups三部分的;三人的;三组的
- a triple heart bypass operation心脏三处分流手术
- a triple alliance三方同盟
- They're showing a triple bill of horror movies (= three horror movies one after the other).他们正在连演三部恐怖片。
- [not before noun] three times as much or as many as something三倍的;三重的
- The amount of alcohol in his blood was triple the legal maximum.他血液中的酒精含量为法定最高限量的三倍。
- Its population is about triple that of Venice.它的人口大约是威尼斯的三倍。
Word OriginMiddle English (as an adjective and adverb): from Old French, or from Latin triplus, from Greek triplous.