3rd 第三 Today is the third (of May). 今天是五月三日。 the third century BC 公元前 3 世纪 It's her third birthday. 这是她3岁生日 My office is on the third floor. 我的办公室在三楼。 It's the third time that I've been to America. 这是我第三次去美国。 Her mother had just given birth to another child, her third. 她的母亲刚刚生了另一个孩子,她的第三个孩子。 the world’s third-largest oil exporter 世界第三大石油出口国 He finished third in the race. 他在赛跑中得了第三名。 Edward III (= Edward the Third) 爱德华三世
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- first
- middle
- final
- …
- divide something into
- third of
- about a third
- almost a third
- at least a third
- …
Word OriginOld English thridda, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch derde and German dritte, also to three. The spelling thrid was dominant until the 16th cent. (but thirdda is recorded in Northumbrian dialect as early as the 10th cent.).
Idioms
third time lucky
(US English third time is the charm)
used when you have failed to do something twice and hope that you will succeed the third time Topics Successc2(但愿)第三次交好运;过一过二不过三