three

英 [θriː] 美 [θriː]
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  • n. 三,三个
  • num. 三
  • adj. 三的,三个的
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1、three 的古印欧形 *trejes 一路开枝:拉丁 tres、希腊 treis 都从它来;英语里 tri- 打头的字多半沾亲——trio(三重唱、三个一组)、triple(三倍的)、trinity(三位一体)。
2、tripod 是"三条腿":pod 段管"脚",照相三脚架、三脚桌都是它——英文解释里写明它字面就是"三条腿的东西"。treble 指"三倍、高音部"。
3、拼读:th 咬舌 /θ/,ee 长音 /iː/,英美同 /θriː/。口语梗:three 与 free 只差开头,thirty 咬不准 th 就成了"自由"笑话。
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中文词源

three 三

来自古英语 thri,三,来自 Proto-Germanic*thriz,三,来自 PIE*treyes,三,来自 PIE*trei,三,词 源同 thrice,tertiary.-es,表复数。

英语词源

three
three: [OE] Three goes back to a prehistoric Indo- European *trejes, which also produced Greek treis, Latin trēs, Russian tri, Sanskrit tráyas, etc. Its Germanic descendant was *thrijiz, which has evolved into German drei, Dutch drie, Swedish and Danish tre, and English three. Amongst three’s many relations in English are treble, trellis [14] (etymologically something made from ‘three threads’), trinity, trio [18], triple, tripod [17] (etymologically something with ‘three feet’), trivial and possibly also travail and tribe.
=> drill, testament, third, travail, treble, trellis, tribe, trinity, trio, triple, tripod, trivet, trivial
three (adj.)
Old English þreo, fem. and neuter (masc. þri, þrie), from Proto-Germanic *thrijiz (cognates: Old Saxon thria, Old Frisian thre, Middle Dutch and Dutch drie, Old High German dri, German drei, Old Norse þrir, Danish tre), from nominative plural of PIE root *trei- "three" (cognates: Sanskrit trayas, Avestan thri, Greek treis, Latin tres, Lithuanian trys, Old Church Slavonic trye, Irish and Welsh tri "three").

3-D first attested 1952, abbreviation of three-dimensional (1878). Three-piece suit is recorded from 1909. Three cheers for ______ is recorded from 1751. Three-martini lunch is attested from 1972. Three-ring circus first recorded 1898. Three-sixty "complete turnaround" is from 1927, originally among aviators, in reference to the number of degrees in a full circle. Three musketeers translates French les trois mousquetaires, title of the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas père.

权威例句

1. Three plus six makes nine.
3加6等于9.(注意,此句中的plus是 介词,plussix是介词短语,作three的 定语,因此,动词用makes, 不用make ) .
2. Three hundred million dollars will be nothing like enough.
3亿美元远远不够。
3. After a three-weekend courtship, Pamela accepted Randolph's proposal of marriage.
经过3个周末的追求之后,帕梅拉接受了伦道夫的求婚。
4. Three prisoners were sharing one small cell 3 metres by 2 metres.
3个囚犯关在一个3米长2米宽的小牢房里。
5. The three parties will meet next month to work out remaining differences.
三方将在下个月会面,以解决余下的分歧。

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