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third

英 [θɜːd] 美[θɝd]
  • num. 第三;三分之一
  • adj. 第三的;三分之一的

英英释意


1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole;
"it contains approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 3rd base;
"he is playing third"
3. 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"
4. the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it;
"a simple harmony written in major thirds"
5. 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"
6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball;
"he was cut down on a close play at third"