3 三 There are only three cookies left. 只剩下三块饼干了。 three of Sweden’s top financial experts 瑞典三位顶尖金融专家 Ten people were invited but only three turned up. 十个人被邀请了，但只有三个人出现了。 Can you lend me three dollars? 你能借我三美元吗？ a three-month contract 三个月的合同 Look at page three. 看第三页。 Three and four is seven. 三加四等于七。 Three threes are nine. 三个三等于九。 I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a three? 我看不懂你写的东西——这应该是3吗？ The bulbs are planted in threes or fives (= groups of three or five). 这些鳞茎植物是三五株在一起种植的。 We moved to America when I was three (= three years old). 我三岁时，我们搬到了美国。 Shall we meet at three (= at three o'clock), then? 那么，我们三点钟见面好吗？
Word OriginOld English thrīe (masculine), thrīo, thrēo (feminine), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch drie and German drei, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin tres and Greek treis.
Idioms
in twos and threes
the three Rs
- (old-fashioned)
reading, writing and arithmetic, thought to be the most important parts of a child’s education 初等教育三要素（被视为儿童教育最重要部分的读、写、算）