third

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /θɜːd/    美 /θɜːd/|/θɚd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The person or thing in the third position. countable,uncountable
    — Jones came in third.
  2. One of three equal parts of a whole. countable,uncountable
    — He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.
  3. Ellipsis of third gear (of a gearbox). abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,uncountable
    — Now put it into third.
  4. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale. countable,uncountable
    — They sing in thirds.
  5. third base countable,uncountable
    — The play ended with Jones standing on third.
  6. A handicap of one stroke every third hole. countable,uncountable
  7. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme countable,uncountable
  8. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.
动词 v.
  1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded. informal
  2. To divide into three equal parts.
形容词 adj.
  1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second. not-comparable
    — The third tree from the left is my favorite.

词形变化

thirds plural thirds present,singular,third-person thirding participle,present thirded participle,past thirded past

词汇关系

衍生词
augmented third centre third diminished third goal third lower third neutral third one third one-third Picardy third rule of thirds two-thirds two thirds twothirds
相关词
riding major third minor third third gear third person interval

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.
词源 2
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.
词源 3
PIE word
*tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.
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