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单词 third-degree
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third-degree

1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Third-degree burns are very severe, destroying tissue under the skin.
He suffered third-degree burns over 98 per cent of his body.
2. singular noun
If you say that someone has been given the third degree, you mean that they have been questioned or criticized severely.
[informal]
She's phoned to complain and you're suddenly being given the third degree.

third degree in British English

noun
informal
torture or bullying, esp used to extort confessions or information

third degree in American English

1. 
in Freemasonry, the degree of master mason
2.  US, Informal
harsh, grueling treatment and questioning of a prisoner in order to force a confession or exact information
often preceded by the
Derived forms
third-degree (ˈthird-deˈgree)
adjective
Word origin
(sense 2) orig. ? fig. use of ritual by Freemasons

Examples of 'third degree' in a sentence
third degree

But would there be any need for them to give her the third degree if she confessed at the outset?
Smith, Evelyn E MISS MELVILLE REGRETS (2002)
I began to wonder why he wasn't back at the station giving Maggie the third degree.
Val McDermid DEAD BEAT (2002)
Surely, she thought, they were supposed to read you your rights before they gave you the third degree.
Smith, Evelyn E MISS MELVILLE REGRETS (2002)
He hated this kind of third degree from a woman he still regarded as an old friend's widow.
Maupin, Armistead SIGNIFICANT OTHERS (2002)
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