equivalent to the sum of one and two; one more than two; 3(Roman numeral: iii or III.) 3 三;三个(罗马数字:iii 或 III.) her three children. 她的三个孩子。 a crew of three. 三名机组成员。 a three-bedroom house. 带三个卧室的屋子。 all three of them are buried there. 他们仨都埋在那儿。 ■a group or unit of three people or things 三个人(或物)一组 students clustered in twos or threes. 学生们三三两两地聚在一起。 ■three years old 三岁 she is only three. 她才三岁。 ■three o'clock 三点钟 I'll come at three. 我3点来。 ■a size of garment or other merchandise denoted by three (衣服等商品的)三号 ■a playing card or domino with three pips 三点的纸牌(或多米诺骨牌)
常用词组 three parts
three out of four equal parts; three quarters 四分之三(部分)
语源
Old 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