noun🔗Share辰时, 九时. The third hour of daylight (about 9 am)."The farmers began their work in the fields at tierces, hoping to finish before the midday heat. "农夫们在辰时（早上九点）就开始下地干活了，希望能在中午的酷暑来临前完成。timereligionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share时辰祈祷, 时课祈祷。 The service appointed for this hour."The church bells announced the tierces, signaling the midday service was about to begin. "教堂的钟声宣告了时课祈祷的时间，预示着中午的礼拜仪式即将开始。religionservicetimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share寡妇三分之一终身权益 A widow's right, where she has no conventional provision, to a liferent of a third of the husband's heritable property."Since her husband died without a will and left her with no other means of support, the widow claimed her tierces, entitling her to a third of his property's income for the rest of her life. "由于她的丈夫去世时没有留下遗嘱，也没有给她留下其他生活来源，这位寡妇便主张她的寡妇三分之一终身权益，这使她有权终身享有丈夫遗产收入的三分之一。propertyrightfamilylawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share三分之一 A third."The pie was divided into three equal slices, with each person getting their tierces. "这块馅饼被分成完全相等的三份，每个人都分到了他们的那一份，也就是三分之一。numbermathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share桶，大桶，三等桶。 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 shipping company used several tierces to transport the rice from the farm to the port. "这家航运公司用了好几个大桶（tierces）把稻米从农场运到港口。nauticalbusinesscommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share三度音, 小三度 The third tone of the scale. See mediant."While learning the musical scale, my teacher explained that the tierces (the third note) often create a feeling of gentle resolution. "学习音阶时，我的老师解释说，三度音（也就是第三个音），常常能营造出一种温柔的解决感。musicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share顺子, 同花顺 (depending on whether ace, king, queen is included). A sequence of three playing cards of the same suit. Tierce of ace, king and queen is called tierce-major.""In some card games, holding two tierces significantly improves your chances of winning the hand." "在一些纸牌游戏中，手上有两组顺子能大大增加你赢牌的几率。gamesportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share第三防守姿势，三度防守。 The third defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword at head height."The fencing instructor explained that the tierces position requires the sword hand to be held at waist level, with the point of the blade pointed at head height. "击剑教练解释说，“三度防守”这个姿势要求持剑的手放在腰部高度，剑尖则指向头部高度。positionsportmilitaryweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share纵列，盾面左（右）侧三分之一。 An ordinary that covers the left or right third of the field of a shield or flag."The heraldry book showed shields divided into three vertical sections, each of the side sections being called tierces. "那本纹章学书籍展示了盾牌被分成三个纵向部分，两侧的部分分别被称为纵列，盾面左（右）侧三分之一。heraldrytitlecolorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share六十分之一秒 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 scientist measured the reaction time to the nearest tierce, finding it to be 0.0001667 seconds. "这位科学家测量反应时间精确到了六十分之一秒，发现是0.0001667秒.timemathnumberunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
