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"