| 单词 | third |
| 释义 | third (once / 38 pages) nadjadv WORD FAMILY third: thirdly, thirds+/thirdly: thirdlys USAGE EXAMPLESTo-go boxes encourage people to eat about a third less. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) DJ: "Are you concerned that's his third red card this season. Is there a discipline problem with him?" BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It is the third such Russian visit to the Philippines but is the first under Duterte’s administration. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n one of three equal parts of a divisible whole it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement Syn|Hyper one-third, tierce common fraction, simple fraction the quotient of two integers 2n following the second position in an ordering or series a distant third he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment Hyper rank relative status 3n the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) he is playing third Syn|Hyper third base position (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player 4n the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball he was cut down on a close play at third Syn|Hyper third base bag, base a place that the runner must touch before scoring 5n the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it a simple harmony written in major thirds Hyper interval, musical interval the difference in pitch between two notes 6n the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle you shouldn't try to start in third gear Syn|Hyper third gear gear, gear mechanism a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) 7adj coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position Syn 3rd, tertiary ordinal being or denoting a numerical order in a series 8adv in the third place third we must consider unemployment Syn thirdly |
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