three

number

1. 三
   3

1. NUM (数字) 3
   Three is the number 3.
   1. We waited three months before going back to see the specialist.
      我们等了 3 个月才回去见那位专家。

1. After about three months, I was no longer addicted to nicotine.
   大约3个月后，我就不再对尼古丁上瘾了。
2. It's astonishing, he's learned Latin in three hours!
   他花了3个小时就学会了拉丁文，真让人吃惊！
3. Three years ago my wife and I divorced. I caught her with her boss.
   3年前，我和老婆离了婚。我发现她和她老板有染。
4. Italy had lost three cruisers and two destroyers.
   意大利损失了3艘巡洋舰和2艘驱逐舰。
5. They've been dating for three months
   他们已约会3个月了。
6. We will discuss these three areas in depth
   我们将深入探讨这3个领域。
7. I brought in one drake and three ducks.
   我弄来一只公鸭和三只母鸭。
8. Two out of every three Britons already own a video recorder
   每3个英国人中就有两个已经有了录像机。
9. This year they have introduced three new products to extend their range
   今年他们发布了3种新产品，以扩大产品范围。
10. We won three games against Australia.
    我们赢了3场对澳大利亚的比赛。
11. I hopped down three steps
    我单脚跳下了3级台阶。
12. I had been standing in line for three hours.
    我已经排了3个小时的队。
13. The three of them narrate the same events from three perspectives
    他们三人从三个不同的视角讲述了同样的事件。
14. My three guitars broke one after the other
    我的3把吉他陆续都坏了。
15. Their sons, Ben and Jonathan, were three and six respectively
    他们的儿子，本和乔纳森，分别是3岁和6岁。
16. He and colleagues have shuttled back and forth between the three capitals
    他和同事们在这3个首都之间往来穿梭。
17. We waited three months before going back to see the specialist.
    我们等了3个月才回去见那位专家。
18. This verse describes three signs of spring
    这节诗描绘了春天来临的三个征兆。
19. Her son is three years old.
    她儿子三岁了。
20. Three bureaus have merged into two.
    三个局合并成两个局。
21. I studied in the same school with them for three years.
    我和他们同过3年学。
22. Our team won three matches, drew one and lost two.
    我们队胜了三局，和了一局，败了两局。
23. The clothes have been rinsed three times.
    衣服已经洗了三和。
24. The earthquake lasted for three days.
    地震延续了3天。
25. This collection is made up of three parts: poems, essays and short stories.
    这本集子是由诗、散文和短篇小说三部分组合而成的。
26. He was ill for three days.
    他病了3天。
27. They captured three machine guns.
    他们缴了三挺机枪。
28. Three characters are missing in this line.
    这一行里脱了3个字。
29. He had three tries and failed each time.
    他试了三回，每回都失败了。

num.

the three Rs

• 初等教育三要素（被视为儿童教育最重要部分的读、写、算）
  reading, writing and arithmetic , thought to be the most important parts of a child's education

in twos and threes

• 三三两两；稀稀拉拉
  two or three at a time; in small numbers
  1. People arrived in twos and threes.
     人们三三两两地到了。

noun

1. one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

   Synonym:    trey

2. the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

   Synonym:    3IIItriothreesometierceleashtroikatriadtrinetrinityternaryterniontriplettercetterzettotreydeuce-ace

adj

1. being one more than two

   Synonym:    3iii