trio

trio
(pl. -os)
  1. 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
  1. early 18th cent.: from Italian, from Latin tres 'three', on the pattern of duo
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