treble的意思|treble的解释-里氏词典

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.

Treble \Tre"ble\, v. i.
To become threefold. --Swift.

It hopes to treble its volume of communications business through its association with France Telecom.
These treble and double nines were later known as straight leases; that is, the same rent, often a peppercorn, was paid throughout the entire period. The fight for stepped increases was launched by property analyst George Bridge of the Legal and General.
Did the panel regard a salmon fly tied on a treble hook superior to a double?
At midnight tonight tough new rules aimed at driving 'cowboys' out of the waste management industry come into force. The effect, according to waste companies, will be to treble or quadruple the cost of rubbish disposal by the end of the decade.
They were charged with filing false sales tax returns and dragged into federal court, where the state demanded that RICO's treble damages and attorneys' fees be assessed against them.
The suit seeks $75,990 in treble damages and $70,000 in civil penalties for the speechwriting in addition to the $33,540 that the Haddows allegedly received from the proceeds of the T. Bear Foundation contract.
Otherwise, he'll just have to stick around long enough to hope he can treble his salary on privatisation.
The 'challenge' is to double the region's manufacturing base and treble its exports within a decade. The Forum of Private Business has estimated that British companies are owed about Pounds 50bn in overdue debts.
Cable companies, building local telephone networks across Britain's urban areas, have signed up 164,000 residential customers - more than treble the tally a year ago. That is just the start.
In terms of revenue passenger kilometers, the new company is expected to treble Sabena's current size in six years, British Airways said.
Current laws allow plaintiffs to seek treble and punitive damages.
Investment levels are high, especially from city people, and farms are changing hands at double and treble the price of five years ago. Market forces have led to rapidly changing land-use patterns.
With its provisions for treble damages, critics say the law has provided unnecessary windfalls to plaintiffs.
Close Brothers says it can treble the rise in the Footsie on the net investment through the use of options. How?
If these big companies are any guide, the internationally available portion of Sweden's stock market capitalisation will treble once the reforms are complete. In Switzerland, the portion of the market closed off to foreigners is more limited.
Yamaha has a more brittle tone in the treble that some jazz pianists prefer."
The traditional college sound (sweet treble tone, youthful light basses) is not as focused or concentrated as the professional groups, but it has a natural feel to it.
Joseph Grear of the law office of Rolf Stadheim in Chicago, which represents the university, said his client stands to reap big payments from settlements and many millions more from jury awards that could result in treble damages.
Jerome Hoffman, chief of the antitrust section of the attorney general's office, said the payments represent treble damages plus litigation expenses.
However, the closely watched pace of those surrenders was almost treble last year's already-accelerated $1.3 billion in policy returns.
The group's property portfolio will treble as a proportion of total assets to 16 per cent, among the highest in the sector.

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