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three /θriː/ ●●● S1 W2 number  1  HMNthe number 3 三 They’ve won their last three games. 他们赢了最近三场比赛。 We’d better go. It’s almost three (=three o'clock). 我们该走了。快3点了。 My little sister’s only three (=three years old). 我的小妹妹只有3岁。2  in threes in groups of three people or things 三个一组 Teachers taking part will be asked to work in threes. 参加的老师将被要求分成三人一组进行活动。 → threesome, third1Origin three Old English thrie, threo

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three S1 /θriː/ number1. the number 3:
    They’ve won their last three games.
    We’d better go. It’s almost three (=three o__clock).
    My little sister’s only three (=three years old).
2. in threes in groups of three people or things:
    Teachers taking part will be asked to work in threes. ⇨ threesome, third

🔑 threeBrE /θriː/ 🔊NAmE /θriː/ 🔊 number3 三 HELP There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five. 数词用法示例见 five 条。●the three ˈRs(old-fashioned) reading, writing and arithmetic, thought to be the most important parts of a child's education 初等教育三要素（被视为儿童教育最重要部分的读、写、算）●in ˌtwos and ˈthreestwo or three at a time; in small numbers 三三两两；稀稀拉拉◆People arrived in twos and threes. 人们三三两两地到了。🔊🔊