a three-legged stand for supporting a camera or other apparatus (照相机等的)三脚架
(archaic)a stool, table, or cauldron resting on three legs (古)三脚凳,三脚桌,三足鼎 ■(historical)the bronze altar at Delphi on which a priestess sat to utter oracles (史)(古希腊特尔斐神殿中女祭司坐在上面念神谕的)青铜三脚祭坛
派生 tripodal [ˈtrɪpəd(ə)l] adjective 语源
early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek tripous, tripod-, from tri- 'three' + pous, pod- 'foot'