English Dictionary

tern

/tɜːn/

noun

(dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things. / (gambling, dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.

The old radio had a tern of knobs for adjusting the volume, tuning, and frequency.

意味（1）

(dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things.

意味（2）

(gambling, dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.

And yet, now even, if Madonna willed, / She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery, / And better all things.