英汉词典

third 基本解释

• num. 第三；三分之一
• adj. 第三的；三分之一的

third 词态变化

third 中文词源

置换自古英语 thridda,第三，来自 Proto-Germanic*thridja,第三，来自 PIE*trei,三，词源同 three. 其原先也可拼为 thrid,但后来逐渐被取代。

third 英文词源

third

third: [OE] Third goes back ultimately to an Indo- European *tritjos, an ordinal derivative of the base that produced English three. Amongst its other descendants were Greek trítos, Latin tertius (source of English tertiary [16]), Russian tretij, Polish trzeci, Latvian trešais, and Welsh tryddydd. In prehistoric Germanic it became *thrithjaz, which has evolved into German dritte, Dutch derde, Swedish and Danish tredje, and English third.
=> three

third (adj.)

late Old English metathesis of þridda, from Proto-Germanic *thridja- (cognates: Old Frisian thredda, Old Saxon thriddio, Middle Low German drudde, Dutch derde, Old High German dritto, German dritte, Old Norse þriðe, Danish tredie, Swedish tredje, Gothic þridja), from PIE *tri-tyo- (cognates: Sanskrit trtiyas, Avestan thritya, Greek tritos, Latin tertius (source of Italian terzo, Spanish tercio, French tiers), Old Church Slavonic tretiji, Lithuanian trecias, Old Irish triss, Welsh tryde), suffixed form of root *trei- (see three).

Metathesis of thrid into third is attested from c.950 in Northumbrian, but overall thrid was prevalent up to 16c. The noun meaning "third part of anything" is recorded from late 14c. Third rail in electric railway sense is recorded from 1890. Third World War as a possibility first recorded 1947. Third-rate "of poor quality" is from 1814, ultimately from classification of ships (1640s); third class in railway travel is from 1839. Third Reich (1930) is a partial translation of German drittes Reich (1923). Third party in law, insurance, etc., is from 1818.

third 词组搭配

third 英文释义

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"

third 双语例句

1. Leningrad was the third alien city to offer him a surrogate home.

列宁格勒是他在异地安家的第三个外国城市。

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2. Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.

英国在联赛中的排名从第二位降到了第三位。

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3. England will have to settle for third or fourth place.

英格兰将只好接受第三或第四的排名。

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4. Warwicks leap to third in the table, 31 points behind leaders Essex.

沃里克队在排名中蹿升至第3名，落后领先的埃塞克斯队31分。

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5. Jane's goals helped Britain win third place in the Barcelona games.

简的进球帮助英国队在巴塞罗那奥运会上获得了第三名。

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third 实用场景例句

I sleep on the third floor...

我睡在三楼。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames...

这是他的车第三次起火。

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A third of the cost went into technology and services...

有三分之一的支出投入了技术和服务。

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Only one third get financial help from their fathers...

只有三分之一的人得到父亲的经济援助。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

First, interest rates may take longer to fall than is hoped. Second, in real terms, lending may fall. Third, bad loans could wipe out much of any improvement.

首先，利率的下降可能没有希望的那样快;第二，实际贷款额可能会减少;第三，坏账很可能抵消大部分增长。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The mammoth buffalo roamed the plains.

庞大的野牛群出没在这些平原上.

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She seems to have camped up at the third act of the play.

她在第三幕中表演得似乎过火了.

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The child has skipped to the third grade as he did exceedingly well in his studies.

这孩子因成绩优异而越级升入三年级.

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He struck out in the third inning.

他在第三局三击不中出局了.

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By wearing the ring on the third finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other.

将婚戒戴在左手的第三只手指上, 意味着夫妻双方象征性地宣告他们的爱情天长地久,他们定能白头偕老.

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The audience cried the speaker down as soon as he started on a third digression.

当发言人第三次扯到题外去时听众发出喊声,使他讲不下去.

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The editor omitted the third paragraph from the article.

编辑删去了这篇文章的第三段.

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The writer expurgated some parts from his novel when he read the third times.

作家第三次审稿时又删去了几部分.

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A third candidate has entered the contest for the Republican nomination.

第三个候选人已经加入角逐共和党提名的行列.

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The third baseman let the ball roll between his feet.

第三名垒手让球从他的两只脚之间滚了过去.

《用法词典》

Wholesalers reported an improvement in sales for the third quarter.

批发商宣布第三季度的销售额有所提高.

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The dispute was settled by mediation of the third country.

这场争端通过第三国的斡旋而得以解决.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

On the third lap he left the other runners far behind.

跑到第三圈,他已经把别人远远地抛在后面了.

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A third of the population is living at or below the poverty line .

三分之一的人口生活在贫困线或以下。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

He KO'd Nathan Mann in the third round.

他在第3回合将内森·曼打晕了过去。

柯林斯例句

The third girl answered the most audibly.

第三个女孩回答的声音最响亮。

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Relegation to the Third Division would prove catastrophic.

降到丙级将是灾难性的。

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It is his third brush with the law in less than a year.

这已是他在不到一年的时间里第三次触犯法律了。

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Britain's third largest building society abandoned its mutual status and became a bank.

英国第三大建屋互助会准备放弃其互助性质，转变为银行。

柯林斯例句

The expansion of Western capitalism incorporated the Third World into an exploitative world system.

西方资本主义的扩张将第三世界并入了剥削性的世界体系中。

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By the third lap Kinkead had touched 289 m.p.h.

到第三圈时，金基德的车速达到了每小时289英里。

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It was the third time one of his cars had gone up in flames.

这是他的车第三次起火。

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