1. (使)增加兩倍;(使)成為三倍 If something trebles or if you treble it, it becomes three times greater in number or amount than it was.
e.g. They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January... 一月份房租增加兩倍時(shí),他們將被迫多付不少錢(qián)。 e.g. The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000. 該市的囚犯人數增長(cháng)了兩倍,達到 21,000 人。
trebling A new threat to Bulgaria's stability is the week-old miners' strike for a trebling of minimum pay. 為期一周的礦工罷工要求最低工資增加兩倍,這對保加利亞的社會(huì )安定構成新的威脅。
2. 是…的三倍 If one thing is treble the size or amount of another thing, it is three times greater in size or amount.
e.g. More than 7 million shares changed hands, treble the normal daily average. 有 700 多萬(wàn)股換手,是通常日平均成交量的 3 倍。
3. 男童高音;唱高音的男童聲歌手 A treble is a boy with a very high singing voice.
4. 三連勝 In sport, a treble is three successes one after the other, for example winning three horse races on the same day, or winning three competitions in the same season.
e.g. The win completed a treble for them – they already claimed a league and cup double this year. 此役獲勝成就了他們的三冠王——此前他們已經(jīng)拿下了今年的聯(lián)賽和杯賽雙料冠軍。