3rd 第三 Today is the third (of May). 今天是五月三日。 the third century BC 公元前 3 世紀 It's her third birthday. 這是她3歲生日 My office is on the third floor. 我的辦公室在三樓。 It's the third time that I've been to America. 這是我第三次去美國。 Her mother had just given birth to another child, her third. 她的母親剛剛生了另一個孩子,她的第三個孩子。 the world’s third-largest oil exporter 世界第三大石油出口國 He finished third in the race. 他在賽跑中得了第三名。 Edward III (= Edward the Third) 愛德華三世
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(但願)第三次交好運;過一過二不過三