Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - three
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noun Etymology: Middle English, from ~, adjective, from Old English thrie (masculine), threo (feminine & neuter); akin to Old High German dri ~, Latin tres, Greek treis Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. the third in a set or series the ~ of hearts 3. a. something having ~ units or members b. ~-pointer • ~ adjective • ~ pronoun, plural in construction ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a one more than two, or seven less than ten. b a symbol for this (3, iii, III). 2 a size etc. denoted by three. 3 the time of three o'clock. 4 a set of three. 5 a card with three pips. --adj. that amount to three. Phrases and idioms three-card trick a game in which bets are made on which is the queen among three cards lying face downwards. three cheers see CHEER. three-colour process a process of reproducing natural colours by combining photographic images in the three primary colours. three-cornered 1 triangular. 2 (of a contest etc.) between three parties as individuals. three-decker 1 a warship with three gun-decks. 2 a novel in three volumes. 3 a sandwich with three slices of bread. three-dimensional having or appearing to have length, breadth, and depth. three-handed 1 having or using three hands. 2 involving three players. three-legged race a running-race between pairs, one member of each pair having the left leg tied to the right leg of the other. three-line whip a written notice, underlined three times to denote urgency, to members of a political party to attend a parliamentary vote. three parts three quarters. three-phase see PHASE. three-piece consisting of three items (esp. of a suit of clothes or a suite of furniture). three-ply adj. of three strands, webs, or thicknesses. --n. 1 three-ply wool. 2 three-ply wood made by gluing together three layers with the grain in different directions. three-point landing Aeron. the landing of an aircraft on the two main wheels and the tail wheel or skid simultaneously. three-point turn a method of turning a vehicle round in a narrow space by moving forwards, backwards, and forwards again in a sequence of arcs. three-quarter n. (also three-quarter back) Rugby Football any of three or four players just behind the half-backs. --adj. 1 consisting of three-fourths of something. 2 (of a portrait) going down to the hips or showing three-fourths of the face (between full face and profile). three-quarters three parts out of four. three-ring circus esp. US 1 a circus...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. тройка (цифра; также figure of three) 2. три; трое; группа из трех предметов или человек there were three of them —- их было трое in threes —- по три (в каждом), тройками three of my friends —- трое моих друзей 3. карт. тройка three of a kind —- тройка карт одинакового достоинства three of spades —- тройка пик 4. три года (о возрасте) he is three —- ему три года at three —- в три года, в трехлетнем возрасте a boy of three —- трехлетний мальчик 5. три часа he will come at three —- он придет в три the train leaves at three thirty (at half past three) —- поезд отправляется в половину четвертого 6. pl. трехпроцентные бумаги 7. pl. вино на три пенса Id: in three —- втрое Id: to fold a sheet of paper in three —- сложить лист бумаги втрое Id: T. in One, One in T. —- святая троица 8. число три three books —- три книги three meals (daily) —- трехразовое питание three twos are six —- трижды два - шесть three and three make six —- три плюс (и) три - шесть every three months —- каждые три месяца we were attacked by forces three times as great as ours —- силы атаковавшего нас противника превосходили наши в три раза three and a half —- три с половиной at three o'clock —- в три часа she's three years old —- ей три года 9. (номер) три, (номер) третий Chapter three —- третья глава Room three —- комната (номер) три I live at number three —- я живу в доме (номер) три Id: three sheets in the wind —- сл. вдрызг пьяный; море по...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. num. card. три; three times three - а) трижды три; б) девятикратное ура 2. noun 1) тройка; in threes - по три 2) pl. третий номер, размер 3) три очка THREE halfpence полтора пенни ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ number 1 3 2 the three R's old-fashioned used when talking about children's education to mean reading, writing and arithmetic ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. юreo, fem. and neut. (masc. юri, юrie), from P.Gmc. *thrijiz, from PIE *trejes. Phrase three sheets to the wind "drunk and disorganized" first recorded 1821, from notion of a sailboat with sails (sheets) flying, thus out of control. 3-D first attested 1952, abbreviation of three-dimensional (1870s). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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