資料來源 : pyDict
最高音部,三倍三倍的,最高部的使增為三倍成為三倍
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Treble \Tre"ble\, v. i.
To become threefold. --Swift.
Treble \Tre"ble\, a. [OE. treble threefold, OF. treble, treible,
L. triplus. See {Triple}.]
1. Threefold; triple.
A lofty tower, and strong on every side With treble
walls. --Dryden.
2. (Mus.)
(a) Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound. --Bacon.
(b) Playing or singing the highest part or most acute
sounds; playing or singing the treble; as, a treble
violin or voice.
Treble \Tre"ble\, adv.
Trebly; triply. [Obs.] --J. Fletcher.
Treble \Tre"ble\, n. [`` It has been said to be a corruption of
triplum [Lat.], a third part, superadded to the altus and
bassus (high and low).'' --Grove.] (Mus.)
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part
usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
Note: This is sometimes called the first treble, to
distinguish it from the second treble, or alto, which
is sung by lower female voices.
Treble \Tre"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trebled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Trebling}.]
1. To make thrice as much; to make threefold. ``Love trebled
life.'' --Tennyson.
2. To utter in a treble key; to whine. [Obs.]
He outrageously (When I accused him) trebled his
reply. --Chapman.
資料來源 : WordNet®
treble
n : the pitch range of the highest female voice [syn: {soprano}]
treble
v 1: sing treble
2: increase threefold; "Triple your income!" [syn: {triple}]
treble
adj 1: having or denoting a high range; "soprano voice"; "soprano
sax"; "the boy still had a fine treble voice"; "the
treble clef" [syn: {soprano}]
2: three times as great or many; "a claim for treble (or
triple) damages"; "a threefold increase" [syn: {threefold},
{triple}]
3: having three units or components or elements; "a ternary
operation"; "a treble row of red beads"; "overcrowding
made triple sessions necessary"; "triple time has three
beats per measure"; "triplex windows" [syn: {ternary}, {triple},
{triplex}]
4: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or
qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the
office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and
private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its
double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: {double},
{dual}, {twofold}, {threefold}]