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中号桶,第三姿势,三度音

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tierce \Tierce\, n. [F. tierce a third, from tiers, tierce,
   third, fr. L. tertius the third; akin to tres three. See
   {Third}, {Three}, and cf. {Terce}, {Tercet}, {Tertiary}.]
   1. A cask whose content is one third of a pipe; that is,
      forty-two wine gallons; also, a liquid measure of
      forty-two wine, or thirty-five imperial, gallons.

   2. A cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead
      or a puncheon, in which salt provisions, rice, etc., are
      packed for shipment.

   3. (Mus.) The third tone of the scale. See {Mediant}.

   4. A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce
      of ace, king, queen, is called tierce-major.

   5. (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the
      wrist and nails are turned downward.

   6. (R. C. Ch.) The third hour of the day, or nine a. m,; one
      of the canonical hours; also, the service appointed for
      that hour.

资料来源 : WordNet®

tierce
     n 1: the third canonical hour; about 9 a.m. [syn: {terce}]
     2: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
        [syn: {three}, {3}, {III}, {trio}, {threesome}, {leash}, {troika},
         {triad}, {trine}, {trinity}, {ternary}, {ternion}, {triplet},
         {tercet}, {terzetto}, {trey}, {deuce-ace}]
     3: one of three equal parts of a divisible whole; "it contains
        approximately a third of the minimum daily requirement"
        [syn: {one-third}, {third}]