释义 |
third man noun 1. : an off side fielding position in cricket usually near the boundary and roughly in line with third slip and the striker; also : a player fielding in this position — see cricket illustration 2. [translation of Greek tritos anthrōpos] : a logical paradox in which the attempt to pass from one thing to another or to relate one conception to another reveals the necessity of a third and intervening thing or conception and hence leads to an infinite regress |