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ternate

/tur-nit, -neyt/US // ˈtɜr nɪt, -neɪt //UK // (ˈtɜːnɪt, -neɪt) //

三位一体

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : consisting of three; arranged in threes.
    • : Botany. consisting of three leaflets, as a compound leaf.having leaves arranged in whorls of three, as a plant.

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Examples

  • Terrified by this tyranny, the inhabitants of Ternate fled to other places, the city becoming entirely deserted.

  • The other leaves are glaucous and bi-ternate, the leaflets being narrow, fleshy, and tapering towards both ends.

  • It differs from the last in having ternate radical leaves with pinnatifid lobes, and the upper leaves, bi-pinnatifid.

  • While the Golden Hind remained off Ternate, a stranger came on board, very well dressed, and of courteous manners.

  • Having sighted Ternate and Tidore, the Unity anchored, on the evening of the 17th, off the former island.