英文词源
- triple (v.)
- late 14c., from Medieval Latin triplare "to triple," from Latin triplus "threefold, triple," from tri- "three" (see tri-) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus). Related: Tripled; tripling.
- triple (adj.)
- early 15c., from Old French triple or directly from Latin triplus (see triple (adj.)). As a noun, early 15c., "a triple sum or quantity," from the adjective. The baseball sense of "a three-base hit" is attested from 1880. Related: Triply (adv.). Triple-decker is from 1940 of sandwiches and wedding cakes, 1942 of beds.
中文词源
triple：三部分的，三方的；三倍的，三重的vt. 使增至三倍
词根词缀： tri-三 + -ple…倍的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：triple 词源，triple 含义。
tri-, 三，-ple,倍数，词源同 fold,treble.
