英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Treble
(a.)
Threefold; triple.
Treble
(a.)
Acute; sharp; as, a treble sound.
Treble
(a.)
Playing or singing the highest part or most acute sounds;
playing or singing the treble; as, a treble violin or voice.
Treble
(adv.)
Trebly; triply.
Treble
(n.)
The highest of the four principal parts in music; the part
usually sung by boys or women; soprano.
Treble
(v. t.)
To make thrice as much; to make threefold.
Treble
(v. t.)
To utter in a treble key; to whine.
Treble
(v. i.)
To become threefold.
Trebled
(imp. & p. p.)
of Treble
Trebleness
(n.)
The quality or state of being treble; as, the
trebleness of tones.
Treblet
(n.)
Same as Triblet.
Trebling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Treble
Trebly
(adv.)
In a treble manner; with a threefold number or quantity;
triply.
Trebuchet
(n.)
Alt. of Trebucket
Trebucket
(n.)
A cucking stool; a tumbrel.
Trebucket
(n.)
A military engine used in the Middle Ages for throwing
stones, etc. It acted by means of a great weight fastened to the short
arm of a lever, which, being let fall, raised the end of the long arm
with great velocity, hurling stones with much force.
Trebucket
(n.)
A kind of balance for weighing.
Trechometer
(n.)
An odometer for vehicles.
Treckschuyt
(n.)
A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the
Dutch and Flemish canals.
Treddle
(n.)
See Treadle.