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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- third [θɝd] [θəːd]
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- 1. adjective 第三的
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2.
adjective
第三个的
- I will only speak in the presence of a third person.
- 只有第三个人在场时，我才会说。
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3.
adjective
三分之一的
- 4. adverb 第三
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5.
noun
六十分之一秒
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6.
noun
第三个（人或物）
- 7. noun 三分之一
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8.
noun
（汽车的）第三速率，第三挡
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9.
noun
[rarely used]
[legal]
[通常作复数形态]有子女的寡妇所应得的亡夫遗产的三分之一
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10.
noun
[rarely used]
[legal]
[通常作复数形态]寡妇份内的遗产
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11.
noun
[music]
三度音程，第三音
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12.
noun
[music]
三度和音
Collins English-English Dictionary
- third [θ3ːd]
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1.
n
[Brit]
an honours degree of the third and usually the lowest class third class honours degree
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2.
adj
[usually prenominal]
coming after the second and preceding the fourth in numbering or counting order, position, time, etc; being the ordinal number of three: often written 3rd
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3.
adj
(as noun)
- he arrives on the third
- the third got a prize
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4.
adv
thirdly in the third place
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5.
adj
rated, graded, or ranked below the second level
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6.
sentence connector
thirdly as the third point: linking what follows with the previous statements as in a speech or argument
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7.
adj
denoting the third from lowest forward ratio of a gearbox in a motor vehicle
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8.
n
one of three equal or nearly equal parts of an object, quantity, etc
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9.
n
(as modifier)
- a third part
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10.
n
the fraction equal to one divided by three (1/3)
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11.
n
the forward ratio above second of a gearbox in a motor vehicle. In some vehicles it is the top gear
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12.
n
the interval between one note and another three notes away from it counting inclusively along the diatonic scale
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13.
n
one of two notes constituting such an interval in relation to the other - See also interval major minor
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14.
n
[plural]
goods of a standard lower than that of seconds
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15.
sentence connector
[Etymology]
Old English thirda, variant of thridda; related to Old Frisian thredda, Old Saxon thriddio, Old High German drittio, Old Norse thrithi, Latin tertius
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1.
n
[Brit]
an honours degree of the third and usually the lowest class third class honours degree
Examples
- burns of the third degree
- 三度烧伤 → degree
- The accent falls on the third syllable.
- 重音落在第三个音节上。 → fall
- The third paragraph had to go.
- 第三段得删去。 → go
- ten days,from the third to the twelfth inclusive
- 十天，从三日到十二日，首尾两天也包括在内 → inclusive
- to have the liberty of the third floor
- 在三层楼有活动的自由 → liberty
- the third decimal place
- 小数点后第三位 → place
- to rank third on the list
- 名列第三 → rank
- third-termer
- 第三次服刑的人 → termer
- to travel third-class
- 乘三等车(或舱)旅行 → third-class
- I will only speak in the presence of a third person.
- 只有第三个人在场时，我才会说。 → third
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