单词 | third-degree |
释义 | third-degree/θəːdəˈɡriː /adjective [attributive] 1Denoting burns of the most severe kind, affecting tissue below the skin.Those slightly farther from the center of the explosion did not die immediately, but suffered from severe third-degree burns all over their bodies, in particular to any areas that were exposed directly to the heat....
2North American Law Denoting the least serious category of a crime, especially murder.Saunders pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and was sentenced in July to 20 to 40 years in prison....
noun (the third degree) Long and harsh questioning, especially by police, to obtain information or a confession.When I got home from school that afternoon I got the third degree from my father about how I had ruined his reputation as a minister and how I had ruined my own life....
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