third — 英語辞典

形容詞

1. The ordinal form of the cardinal number three; Coming after the second.

   用法

   • not-comparable

   同義語

   3rd3dIIIrdIIItertiary

   例文

   The third tree from the left is my favorite.

   その他の例文 (2)

   The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]

   “Congress took the lead on putting the HBCU funding in those bills and passing them. The third COVID-19 bill, passed under President Biden, included as much funding for HBCUs as both of the first two Covid-19 bills under President Trump,” he said.

名詞

1. The person or thing in the third position.

   用法

   • 可算
   • 不可算

   例文

   Jones came in third.

2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

   用法

   • 可算
   • 不可算

   同義語

   one-third

   例文

   He ate a third of the pie. Divided by two-thirds.

   Around a third of both Black and White respondents said they believed the opposition Labour Party to be institutionally racist.

   その他の例文 (1)

   Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.

3. An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.

   用法

   • 可算
   • 不可算

   例文

   They sing in thirds.

4. third base

   用法

   • 可算
   • 不可算

   例文

   The play ended with Jones standing on third.

5. A handicap of one stroke every third hole.

   用法

   • 可算
   • 不可算

6. A third-class degree, awarded to the lowest achievers in an honours degree programme

   用法

   • 可算
   • 不可算

7. One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system.

   用法

   • 古語
   • 可算
   • 不可算

   同義語

   tierce

   例文

   […] thirds (sixtieths of seconds), fourths (sixtieths of thirds) and so on, but then it becomes very cumbersome.

動詞

1. To agree with a proposition or statement after it has already been seconded.

   用法

   • くだけた表現

2. To divide into three equal parts.

形容詞

1. coming next after the second and just before the fourth in position

   同義語

   3rdtertiary

名詞

1. one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

   同義語

   one-thirdtierce

   上位語

   common fractionsimple fraction

   例文

   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 the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

   同義語

   third base

   上位語

   position

   例文

   he is playing third

3. following the second position in an ordering or series

   上位語

   rank

   例文

   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

   上位語

   intervalmusical interval

   例文

   a simple harmony written in major thirds

5. the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle

   同義語

   third gear

   上位語

   geargear mechanism

   例文

   you shouldn't try to start in third gear

6. the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

   同義語

   third base

   上位語

   basebag

   例文

   he was cut down on a close play at third

副詞

1. in the third place

   同義語

   thirdly

   例文

   third we must consider unemployment