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单词 third
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third

ordinal number
 
/θɜːd/
/θɜːrd/
Idioms
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  1. 3rd
    • Today is the third (of May).
    • the third century BC
    • It's her third birthday.
    • My office is on the third floor.
    • It's the third time that I've been to America.
    • Her mother had just given birth to another child, her third.
    • the world’s third-largest oil exporter
    • He finished third in the race.
    • Edward III (= Edward the Third)
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first
    • middle
    • final
    verb + third
    • divide something into
    preposition
    • third of
    phrases
    • about a third
    • almost a third
    • at least a third
    See full entry
    Word OriginOld English thridda, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch derde and German dritte, also to three. The spelling thrid was dominant until the 16th cent. (but thirdda is recorded in Northumbrian dialect as early as the 10th cent.).
Idioms
third time lucky
(US English third time is the charm)
  1. used when you have failed to do something twice and hope that you will succeed the third timeTopics Successc2

third

noun
 
/θɜːd/
/θɜːrd/
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  1.  
    each of three equal parts of something
    • He divided the money into thirds.
    • third of something Over a third of sales were made over the internet.
    • Two thirds of the population live in the poorer south.
    Language Bank proportionproportionDescribing fractions and proportions
      • According to this pie chart, a third of students’ leisure time is spent watching TV.
      • One in five hours is/​are spent socializing.
      • Socializing accounts for/makes up/comprises about 20 per cent of leisure time.
      • Students spend twice as much time playing computer games as doing sport.
      • Three times as many hours are spent playing computer games as reading.
      • The figure for playing computer games is three times higher than the figure for reading.
      • The largest proportion of time is spent playing computer games.
    Extra Examples
    • Most of the pupils' marks were in the upper third of the range.
    • The discount is a third to a half of the full price.
    • the last third of the novel
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first
    • middle
    • final
    verb + third
    • divide something into
    preposition
    • third of
    phrases
    • about a third
    • almost a third
    • at least a third
    See full entry
  2. third (in something) the lowest standard of degree given by a British university compare first, second1Topics Educationc2
  3. Word OriginOld English thridda, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch derde and German dritte, also to three. The spelling thrid was dominant until the 16th cent. (but thirdda is recorded in Northumbrian dialect as early as the 10th cent.).
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