a set or group of three people or things 三人组,三件套 the hotel was run by a trio of brothers. 这个旅店由兄弟三人管理。 ■a group of three musicians 三重奏 a jazz trio. 爵士乐三重奏。 ■a composition written for three musicians 三重奏曲 Chopin's G minor Trio. 肖邦的G小调三重奏曲。 ■the central, typically contrastive, section of a minuet, scherzo, or march (尤指对比的)中段(小步舞曲、谐谑曲或进行曲) ■(in piquet) a set of three aces, kings, queens, jacks, or tens held in one hand (皮克牌戏中同在一人手里的)三张A(或K、Q、J、10)
语源
early 18th cent.: from Italian, from Latin tres 'three', on the pattern of duo