third class
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌthird ˈclass noun [uncountable] 1. TCMa cheap class of mail in the US, usually used for sending advertisements 三等邮件〔美国的一种廉价邮件，通常用来寄送广告〕2. SECthe lowest type of degree that is given by a British university 〔英国大学颁发的〕第三等学位，三级荣誉学位3. TTTTTW old-fashioned the cheapest and least comfortable part of a train or ship 〔火车最廉价的〕三等车厢；〔轮船的〕三等舱 —third-class adjective, adverb We travelled third-class. 我们坐的是三等舱。 → first class, second class
Examples from the Corpus
third class• He received a third class in literae humaniores in 1903.• He received a third class in natural science in 1874.• Two old-fashioned third class carriages with close wooden seats were pulled by an engine that puffed bulbs of black smoke.• The total accommodation on these trains was therefore limited to eighty-two first and one hundred and fifty third class passengers.• Gandhi could have returned to the train and occupied a place in third class.• That other sailor was later identified as Jonathan Rushin, a 23-year-old petty officer third class.• He found the ward as full of interesting types as in the third class waiting room at the station.• Each train has five first, three second and two third class coaches with accommodation for 650 passengers.ˌthird ˈclass nounChineseSyllable
Corpus mail usually a of US, cheap in the class
third class
ˌthird ˈclass
noun [uncountable]
1. a cheap class of mail in the US, usually used for sending advertisements
2. the lowest type of degree that is given by a British university
3. old-fashioned the cheapest and least comfortable part of a train or ship
—third-class adjective, adverb:
We travelled third-class.
⇨ first class, second class
ˌthird ˈclass
noun [uncountable]1. a cheap class of mail in the US, usually used for sending advertisements
2. the lowest type of degree that is given by a British university
3. old-fashioned the cheapest and least comfortable part of a train or ship
—third-class adjective, adverb:
⇨ first class, second class