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A picture made of three panels joined side by side, so that the two outer ones can fold in over the middle one.
A picture一幅畫 made of three panels joined side by side由三片並排相連的畫板組成 so that這樣 the two outer ones兩側的畫板 can fold in可以往內折疊 over the middle one蓋住中間那片。
It began in churches: a triptych stood on the altar, with the main scene in the centre and a related scene on each wing, and the wings could be shut on ordinary days and opened for a feast. That folding is the real point of the shape — old ones often have paintings on the outside of the wings too, for when they are closed.
It began in churches這種畫最早出現在教堂裡 a triptych stood on the altar三聯畫立在祭壇上 with the main scene in the centre中央是主場景 and a related scene on each wing兩側的翼板上各有一個相關場景 and the wings could be shut on ordinary days平常翼板是關著的 and opened for a feast到節慶時才打開 That folding這種可以折疊的設計 is the real point of the shape才是這個形狀真正的重點 old ones often have paintings on the outside of the wings too古代的三聯畫翼板外側常常也畫了畫 for when they are closed就是為了闔上時給人看的。
The word has spread well beyond religion. Modern artists make triptychs with no church meaning at all, and people now use the word for any work in three connected parts: three photographs hung together, three panels of a screen, even three novels or three films that tell one larger story. In that stretched use it just means "a thing in three parts that belong together".
The word這個詞 has spread well beyond religion的用法早就超出了宗教範圍 Modern artists make triptychs現代藝術家做的三聯畫 with no church meaning at all完全沒有教堂的意味 and people now use the word大家現在也用這個詞 for any work in three connected parts指任何三個部分相連的作品 three photographs hung together掛在一起的三張照片 three panels of a screen屏風的三片 even three novels or three films that tell one larger story甚至是講同一個大故事的三本小說或三部電影 In that stretched use在這種延伸用法裡 it just means它就是指 "a thing in three parts that belong together"「三個部分屬於同一組的東西」。
Say it TRIP-tik — the -ch is a k sound.
Say it唸作 TRIP-tikTRIP-tik the -ch這裡的 -ch is a k sound發 k 的音。
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
triptychnoun/ˈtɹɪp.tɪk/
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artartsA picture or series of pictures painted on three tablets connected by hinges.
- I never thought breastfeeding would be hard. When I thought about it at all, my mind conjured beatific scenes suffused with a sort of religious glow. […] These days I envisage more of a triptych: the infant Jesus spluttering at the breast, face purple with hangry fury; the infant Jesus possetting milk down Mary’s front; the infant Jesus and the nappy explosion.
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A group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.
- Thus, with the passing years, Papa Wemba, a hardworking and introverted man, has come to embody “African pop,” forming a triptych with Youssou N’Dour and Salif Keita.
- Woodson, the recipient of four Newbery Honor awards, has written her first adult novel in 20 years, returning to the Brooklyn setting of “Autobiography of a Family Photo” (1995) and her recent award-winning memoir, “Brown Girl Dreaming.” These works form a triptych of bildungsromans taking place in the author’s hometown and tracking her generation’s coming to adulthood.
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broadcastingfilmmediaA group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.
- The centerpiece of the show is a poised, luminous, tender, and diabolically clever video installation, “Le Triptyque de Noirmoutier” (The Noirmoutier Triptych), which Varda shot on 35-mm. film[…]. The man gets himself a bottle of beer; the older woman heads with dishes from the sink toward the cupboard—and crosses the dividing line of the triptych exactly like crossing a threshold.
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hobbieslifestylephilatelyA group of three people or works, especially when considered representative of a particular field or theme.
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Any set of three closely connected ideas or objects.
- Witchcraft, heresy, and counterfeiting formed a triptych in popular imagination and in the law.
- The interest here is […] to construct for heuristic purposes a triptych of different “roads to salvation” as reflected in domains of preaching of contemporary Egypt.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。