noun🔗Share上午九时, 辰时 The third hour of daylight (about 9 am)."The monks began their morning prayers at tierce. "修士们在上午九时辰时开始了他们的晨祷。timereligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share第三时经，晨祷。 The service appointed for this hour."The monks gathered in the chapel for tierce, the service scheduled for mid-morning. "修士们聚集在小教堂里，准备进行晨祷，这是为上午时分安排的礼拜仪式。religiontimeserviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share三分之一终身权益 A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property."After her husband's sudden death and with no will to provide for her, Mary relied on her tierce, receiving a lifetime income from one-third of the family's farmland. "丈夫突然去世，又没有遗嘱给她留下任何东西，玛丽依靠她的三分之一终身权益，终身享有家庭农田三分之一的收入。propertylawrightfamilyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share三分之一，三等分。 A third."The students were divided into three groups; my friend ended up in the tierce. "学生们被分成了三组；我的朋友最终分在了第三组。numberpartChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share小桶，三桶，大桶之一种。 A measure of capacity equal to a third of a pipe, or a cask or other vessel holding such a quantity; a cask larger than a barrel, and smaller than a hogshead or a puncheon, in which wine or salt provisions, rice, etc., are packed for shipment."The merchant ordered several tierces of salt beef to be loaded onto the ship for its voyage to the Caribbean. "为了运往加勒比海，商人订购了几小桶咸牛肉，装载到船上。nauticalbusinesscommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share三度音, 调式三度 The third tone of the scale. See mediant."The melody climbed confidently to the tierce, giving the simple tune a pleasant lift. "旋律自信地攀升到三度音，为这首简单的曲调增添了一抹悦耳的活力。musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share同花三张，小三顺 A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.""Holding the ace, king, and queen of hearts, he had a tierce-major and a very strong hand in the card game." "他拿着红桃A、红桃K和红桃Q，组成了一个红桃小三顺(同花A-K-Q)，牌面非常强。gamenumberentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share第三防守姿势, 三点式。 The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height."The fencing instructor demonstrated the tierce, explaining how the arm should be held steady and the sword pointed upward. "击剑教练示范了三点式，并讲解了手臂应该如何保持稳定以及剑尖应该如何指向上方。positionsportmilitaryweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share左/右三分之一盾面，左/右三分之一旗面 An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag."The heraldic flag showed a golden lion on a blue field, with a red tierce covering the left side. "纹章旗帜上，蓝色底面上有一只金色狮子，左侧用一道红色左三分之一旗面覆盖。heraldrytitleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share太分之一秒，六十进制秒第三位 One sixtieth of a second, i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system. (Also known as a third.)"The precise timing system measured the event down to a tierce, ensuring accuracy in the experiment. "这个精密的计时系统将事件测量精确到太分之一秒，确保了实验的准确性。timemathunitnumbertechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
