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单词 threepenceworth
释义

three /thrē/

noun
  1. The cardinal number next above two
  2. A symbol representing that number (3, iii, etc)
  3. A set of three things or people
  4. A score of three points, strokes, tricks, etc
  5. An article of a size denoted by 3
  6. A playing card with three pips
  7. The third hour after midnight or midday
  8. The age of three years
adjective
  1. Of the number three
  2. Three years old
ORIGIN: OE thrēo, fem and neuter of thrī; Gothic threis, Ger drei, L trēs, trēs, tria, Gr treis, treis, tria, Sans tri

threeˈness noun

The state of being three

threeˈsome noun

  1. A group of three people
  2. A game or dance for three
adjective
  1. For three
  2. Triple

three balls plural noun

The pawnbroker's sign

three-bottˈle adjective

Able to drink three bottles of wine at a sitting

threeˈ-card adjective

Played with three cards

three-card trick noun

A card-sharp's play in which the victim is invited to bet on which of three cards, turned face down and deftly manipulated, is the queen (also called find the lady)

three-cenˈtred adjective

(of an arch) composed of circular arcs with three different centres

three cheers plural noun

Three shouts of ‘hurrah’, to show approval, etc (also figurative)

threeˈ-cleft adjective

Cut halfway down into three lobes

threeˈ-colour adjective

Involving or using three colours as primaries

three-colour process noun

The method of producing colour pictures from the three primary originals (yellow, red and blue) prepared by photography

three-corˈnered adjective

  1. Triangular in form or section
  2. Having three competitors or three members

three-day event, three-day eventer see under event

threeˈ-deck adjective

three-deckˈer noun

  1. A ship with three decks or guns on three decks
  2. A building or structure with three floors or tiers
  3. A pulpit with three levels
  4. A three-volume novel
  5. A double sandwich, with two layers of filling and three layers of bread
  6. Any other thing with three layers, levels, etc

adjective

Having three decks or layers

three-dimenˈsional adjective

  1. Having, or seeming to have, three dimensions
  2. Giving the effect of being seen or heard in an environment of three dimensions (shortened to three-D or 3-D)
  3. (of, eg a literary work) developed in detail and thus realistic

threeˈ-dimensionalˈity noun

three-farˈthing adjective

three-farˈthings singular noun

A silver coin issued under Queen Elizabeth I, distinguished from a penny by a rose behind the queen's head

threeˈfold adjective and adverb

  1. In three parts
  2. (by) three times as much

threeˈfoldness noun

threeˈ-foot adjective

Measuring or having three feet

three-fourˈ adjective (music)

With three crotchets to the bar

three-fourˈ or three-four time noun

The time signature (3/4) indicating three crochets to the bar

three-halfpence /thrē-hāˈpəns/ noun

  1. An old penny and a halfpenny
  2. A coin of that value

three-halfpenny /thrē-hāpˈni/ adjective

three-halfˈpennyworth or threeha'porth /thrē-hāpˈərth/ noun

An amount of something costing one old penny and a halfpenny

threeˈ-handed adjective

  1. Having three hands
  2. Played by three players

three-jaw chuck noun (engineering)

A scroll chuck (qv) with three jaws for holding cylindrical workpieces, materials or tools

threeˈ-leaved (or threeˈ-leafed) adjective

  1. Having three leaves or leaflets
  2. Having leaves in threes

threeˈ-legged /-legd, -legˈid/ adjective

  1. Having three legs
  2. (of a race) run by pairs of runners, each with a leg tied to his or her partner's adjacent one

three-line whip see under whip

threeˈ-man adjective (Shakespeare)

Worked or performed by three men

three-mastˈed adjective

three-mastˈer noun

A ship with three masts

three-mile limit noun

(in international law) the outer limit of the territorial waters around a state, extending to three nautical miles

threeˈ-monthly noun and adjective

Quarterly

threeˈ-nooked adjective (Shakespeare)

Three-cornered

threeˈ-pair or threeˈ-pair-of-stairs adjective

On a third floor

noun

A room so situated

threeˈ-part adjective

Composed in three parts or for three voices

three-partˈed adjective

  1. Consisting of three parts
  2. Parted in three
  3. Divided into three nearly to the base

threeˈ-parts adverb

To the extent of three-quarters

threepence /threpˈ, thripˈ, thrupˈəns/ noun

Money, or a coin, of the value of three old pence

threepenny /threpˈ, thripˈ, thrupˈni or -ə-ni/ adjective

  1. Sold or offered at threepence
  2. Of little worth
  3. Mean, vulgar

noun

A coin of the value of threepence (also threepenny bit or piece)

threepennyworth or threepenn'orth /thrē-penˈi-wərth, thrē-penˈərth/, also (chiefly Scot) threepˈenceworth noun

An amount of something costing threepence

three-per-centsˈ plural noun

Bonds or other securities paying three per cent interest, esp a portion of the consolidated debt of Great Britain

threeˈ-phase adjective (elec eng)

(of an electric supply system) in which the alternating potentials on the three wires differ in phase from each other by 120º

threeˈ-piece adjective

Comprising three parts, three matching pieces, etc

noun

Anything with three matching pieces, esp a suite of furniture

threeˈ-pile adjective

Having loops of three threads

noun (Shakespeare)

The finest kind of velvet

threeˈ-piled adjective

  1. Three-pile
  2. Piled three-high

threeˈ-ply adjective

Having three layers or strands

noun

Any material with three layers or strands

three-point landing noun (aeronautics)

A landing with all three wheels touching the ground at the same moment, a perfect landing

three-point turn noun

The process of turning a vehicle round to face in the opposite direction by moving it forward, reversing, then moving forward again, turning the steering-wheel appropriately

threeˈ-pound adjective

Costing or weighing three pounds

three-poundˈer noun

  1. A thing that weighs three pounds
  2. A gun that shoots a three-pound ball

threeˈ-pricker noun (RAF sl)

  1. A three-point landing
  2. Anything right or perfect

three-quarˈter adjective and adverb

  1. To the amount of three-fourths
  2. ( adjective) being three quarters of the normal size or length (used of beds, coats, etc)

noun

A three-quarter back

three-quarter back noun (rugby)

A player between halfbacks and full back

three-quarter face noun

An aspect between full face and profile

three-quarˈter-length adjective

(of a coat, sleeve, etc) being three quarters of the full length

three quarters noun

  1. (a part equal to) three fourths of a whole
  2. The greater part of something

three-ring circus noun

  1. A circus with three rings in which simultaneous separate performances are given
  2. A showy or extravagant event (figurative)
  3. A confusing or bewildering scene or situation

threeˈscore noun and adjective

Sixty

three-sidˈed adjective

Having three sides

three-speed gear noun

A gear-changing device with three gear positions

threeˈ-square adjective

Having an equilateral triangle as a cross-section

three-starˈ adjective

  1. (esp of a hotel) of a quality or rank denoted by three in a four- or five-star grading system
  2. Of or being a lieutenant-general (US)

threeˈ-suitˈed adjective (Shakespeare)

Allowed three suits of clothes a year as a serving-man

threeˈ-volume adjective

In three volumes

threeˈ-way adjective

  1. Giving connection in three directions from a centre
  2. Involving three people or things

three-went way noun (dialect)

A place where three roads meet

three-wheelˈer noun

A vehicle having three wheels, esp a motor vehicle with two rear wheels and a single front wheel

the three R's see under R

the Three Wise Men see under magus

threescore and ten

Seventy

three times three

Three cheers repeated three times
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