three

three
1. n
1) число три

three and three make six — три плюс три — шість

threes — а) тривідсоткові папери; б) вино на три пенси

2) трійка (цифра)
3) номер три, номер третій

Room three — кімната номер три

4) троє, трійка

in threes — по троє, трійками

5) три роки (про вік)

he is three — йому три роки

at three — у три роки, у трирічному віці

6) третя година

she will come at three — вона прийде о третій годині

7) pl третій розмір (номер)
8) троє очок (у грі)
2. num
три

three books — три книжки

three times three — дев'ятиразове ура

T. in One, One in T. — свята трійця

three sheets in the wind — розм. п'яний як чіп

three percents — тривідсоткові цінні папери

three point landing — ав. посадка (приземлення) на три точки

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I [ariː] n
1) трійка (цифра; тж. figure of three); три; троє; група із трьох предметів або людей

there were three of them — їх було троє

in threes no — три (у кожному), по три, по троє

three of my friends — троє моїх друзів; кapт. трійка

three of spades — трійка пік; три роки (про вік)

a boy of three — трирічний хлопчик; третя година; pl трипроцентні папери

2) pl вино на три пенси
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in three — утроє

to fold a sheet of paper in three — скласти аркуш паперу втроє

Three in One, One in Three — свята трійця

II [ariː]
пит число три

three books [feet, weeks, pages] — три книги [фути, тижня, сторінки]

three meals (daily) — триразове харчування

three twos are six — тричі два - шість

every three months — кожні три місяці; (номер) три, (номери) третій

Chapter three — третій розділ

Room three — кімната (номер) три

three sheets in the wind — cл. вщент п'яний; = море по коліно

three times three — дев'ятикратне ура


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