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V-ERG
(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.
例句
They will have to pay much more when rents treble in January...
一月份房租增加兩倍時，他們將被迫多付不少錢。
The city has trebled the number of its prisoners to 21,000.
該市的囚犯人數增長了兩倍，達到 21,000 人。
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PREDET
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.
例句
More than 7 million shares changed hands, treble the normal daily average.
有 700 多萬股換手，是通常日平均成交量的 3 倍。
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N-COUNT
男童高音；唱高音的男童聲歌手
A treble is a boy with a very high singing voice.
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N-COUNT
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.
例句
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——此前他們已經拿下了今年的聯賽和杯賽雙料冠軍。