1HMcoming after two other things in a series 第三(个)的
in the third century
在3世纪
her third birthday
她的3岁生日
2.third time luckyBritish EnglishBrE, (the) third time’s the charmAmerican EnglishAmE spoken used when you have failed to do something twice and hope to be successful the third time (但愿)第三次会交好运〔表示两次失败后希望第三次取得成功〕
Examples from the Corpus
third time lucky• Barcelona, having lost the 1961 and 1986 finals, hope it will be third time lucky.• Everyone is praying that this time it will be third time lucky.• Maybe he's out there thinking: third time lucky.• Odds-onfavourite last time at Haydock, he was narrowly beaten into third place, but tomorrow should provethird time lucky.
—third pronoun
I’m planning to leave on the third (=the third day of the month).
A third• Estimating the size of a coinageA third main method of looking at coins is rather more detailed.• At hearing. A third child, aged only seven months, was lifted out to safety in a carry-cot.• It joins the male and together they hunt. A thirdbird appears.• Both died from multipleinjuries. A third child, nine-year-old Christopher Nimbley, was also injured.
From Longman Business Dictionary
thirdthird /θɜːdθɜːrd/adjectiveadj
third half/quarter/periodACCOUNTING the third half, quarter etc of the financial year