1A plane figure with three straight sides and three angles.

等边三角形。

1. 1.1 A thing shaped like a triangle.
   三角形物
   a small triangle of grass

   一小块三角形草地。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The ear ornaments in this collection are geometrically complex in design, combining squares, circles and triangles into single forms.
   • It is rare to see objects against a background of a square, a triangle, and oval shapes.
   • The domes consisted of a series of linked triangles forming a sphere that proved to be so strong that it could be built with very lightweight materials and remain structurally sound in virtually any size.
   • Ashton was sitting in the corner of the bench between the arm and the back with his legs bent forming a triangle with the seat.
   • Wood blinds, meanwhile, can fit a variety of applications, including quarter arches, full arches, angles, trapezoids, hexagons and triangles.
   • For example, the letter A in a triangle should be plainly marked on a fire extinguisher that can be used for ordinary combustibles.
   • First flowing south, then north, the river has shaped a dramatic triangle with an area of about 50 square kilometres.
   • In Exhibit 2 below, we have July coffee trading at 58 cents, which is indicated by the black triangle along the horizontal axis.
   • There is a huge expanse of sweeping railway track that links up to form a triangle enclosing acres of scrub and grass.
   • We have to do two sides of a triangle, straight at the waves and then back at an angle to avoid capsizing but we make it to the Peat Lough, moor up in the reeds and fish out into deep water.
   • If an animal's center of mass falls outside the triangle of support formed by its three feet on the ground, it is statically unstable and will fall.
   • The weather map symbol for a cold front is a blue line with triangles pointing the direction the cold air is moving.
   • Free-range pigs have shelters shaped as triangles or half circles, but most porkers were lurking inside; pine trees had snow plastered on the north side of their trunks and the hot sun on the south side.
   • All that remains of the madhouse is a triangle of grass.
   • She connected the lines, forming a triangle through the crumbs.
   • She pointed at two sets of three claw marks arranged in a triangle, with a streak in the blood on the floor between them.
   • Cut the remaining slices into triangles or rectangles to cover the sides of the bowl.
   • A cold front is shown by a line with blue triangles pointing in the direction the front is travelling.
   • Here, the ligament is assumed to be formed on an enlarging triangle that maintains its shape during growth.
   • It was a white triangle with a red border and a black exclamation mark inside and had to be pasted on the windshield and the back window of the cars driven by inexperienced drivers.
2. 1.2 A situation involving three people or things, especially an emotional relationship involving a couple and a third person with whom one of them is involved.
   （尤指情感上的）三角关系
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Poor Gabby was stuck in the middle of a love triangle with two emotionally unstable men.
   • Through rhythmic, rhymed language, both groups express the frustrations and joys of love: falling in love, heartbreak, jealousy, love triangles.
   • It was more of a straightforward kung fu movie, featuring a love triangle, a couple of betrayals, and a revenge plot.
   • My pose was slightly more complicated because of my character's complex relationship triangle.
   • When my character fell for one of the farmers and got involved in a love triangle, it was all very scandalous.
   • Another war movie cliché is the love triangle, involving a conveniently-placed nurse.
   • A theatre critic's secretary is caught up in a love triangle involving the stars of a production of Othello after she is persuaded to alter a review to make it more favourable.
   • In fact, everyone involved in the romantic triangle is noble.
   • In a triangle, the three relationships are interdependent; they are not three separate person-to-person dyads.
   • It involves a love triangle between a physically handicapped woman, her sister, and a male prostitute.
   • The third person in the triangle is receiving affection and intimacy that rightfully belongs to the spouse.
   • And nothing is quite so potent an activator of consciousness as a relationship triangle.
   • It's a lush, romantic epic about lovers in a fatal emotional triangle, set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
   • This, however, can lead to their wives feeling unsupported, creating a schism in the marital relationship - something the three players in the triangle would want to avoid.
3. 1.3 A musical instrument consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangle and sounded by being struck with a small steel rod.
   三角铁（打击乐器）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Traditionally, Seychellois performed their music on drums, violins, accordions, and the triangle.
   • There are grunts, an accompanying triangle, and even something like be-bop drums.
   • She lifted the chunky Celtic cross which perpetually weighed her neck down and flicked it with a finger as if it was a musical triangle to show it was made of pure, die cast metal.
   • We were given drums, triangles, maracas and tambourines to experiment with.
   • A gong, cymbals, a triangle, and a timpani, as well as the pentatonic scale, create a sense of the Far East.
   • He started to tap it, making a small ting, much like the sound of a musical triangle.
   • The triangle for once doesn't play as if afraid it will never be heard from again, while the piccolo stands out for its cleanliness of tone and brilliance.
   • We decided to make a percussion supergroup with me on the triangle, but after a couple of minutes and ringing ears we realised that this wasn't the best thing to do for our sanity.
   • Chapter Two demonstrates ways props, such as drums, sticks, triangles, balls, a trampoline, hoops, bells and scarves, can be used to intensify rhythmic feeling.
   • We hear the cellist playing cymbal and mark tree and the violinist playing triangle and drum.
   • Towards the end of the show, Lieberman hands out percussion instruments - triangles, chimes, shakers - and has no trouble finding volunteers to take the instruments.
   • It was the first time I ever heard a recorded triangle that didn't sound false.
   • The school's year four and five class got to work with drums, xylophones and triangles.
   • The children moved on to the Salvation Army Sunday School, where she learnt to play the triangle and cymbals.
   • A triangle chimes in the background; it's all very bittersweet.
   • As she lay trembling slightly for a long moment, not daring to breathe, she became aware of a faint humming, like the sound that a triangle makes after you strike it.

   Synonyms

   trio, triplet, triplets, triumvirate, triad, trinity, troika, triunity, triplex
4. 1.4 A frame used to position the balls in pool and snooker.
   （摆放斯诺克和落袋台球撞球位置的）三角框
   Example sentencesExamples

   • ‘Try it,’ he said after he gathered all of the balls into the triangle.
   • Walking over toward the table and bending down I adjusted myself to correctly break the triangle of balls before me that Zea had just finished racking.
   • Viviane arranged the balls in the triangle as she continued to speak.
   • Only the shape of the rack of balls is a triangle.
   • Sean pitched his drink down on the bar table and picked up the triangle to racket the balls.
   • I broke the triangle, getting two balls into a pocket.
   • This trophy, made of Waterford Crystal and in the shape of a snooker frame triangle, is a new one because the previous cup was sponsored by a tobacco company and their link with sport ended two seasons ago.
   • I watched as he broke the triangle of balls at the far end of the table into a huge mess.
   • Kath broke the triangle of balls pretty successfully although none of them went in.
   • He racked up a triangle of pool balls at the proper end of the table, and he began to practice his pool shots.
   • Stephan picked the triangle up from its position on the floor and placed it carefully on the table.
5. 1.5North American A drawing instrument in the form of a right triangle.
   〈北美〉直角三角形三角板（绘图用具）
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Use a triangle to line those up and see that they're at right angles, then draw across them using the grid ruler.
   • Use a triangle to lay out the outline of the label, a vertical center line, and horizontal guidelines for the height of the lettering.
6. 1.6triangleshistorical A frame of three halberds joined at the top to which a soldier was bound for flogging.
   〈史〉（系缚士兵以鞭打的）三戟刑具
   Example sentencesExamples

   • For a flogging, three halberds would be bound in an upright triangle, with a fourth tied horizontally across at chest height.
   • Sage had screamed at every blow, but now hung unconscious from the triangle, while Cruttwell was taking his flogging in silence.