triplicate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The making of three identical copies of something. uncountable
    — The prime minister is a determined centralist in thrall to a tactless and obsessive aide, Cummings, whose skill seems limited to writing slogans in triplicate.
  2. Each of a set of three identical objects or copies. countable
    — Among the six bottles, three of them were pumped every 30 minutes and the three others every 60 minutes. This provided a triplicate of each condition (30 or 60 minutes idle time between pumping).
动词 v.
  1. To make three identical copies of something. transitive
    — Suppose we duplicate actual numbers that are out in circulation, and perhaps hold over the originals? We can triplicate, quadruple, multiply by a hundred times if it suits our purpose.
  2. To triple. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled. not-comparable

词形变化

triplicates plural triplicates present,singular,third-person triplicating participle,present triplicated participle,past triplicated past

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词源

词源 1
Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
词源 2
Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
词源 3
Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate.
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