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threescore

/three-skawr, -skohr/US // ˈθriˈskɔr, -ˈskoʊr //UK // (ˈθriːˈskɔː) //

三分球,三分,三分法

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being or containing three times twenty; sixty.

Examples

  • And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore and two years old.

  • And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written: 7:17.

  • Elders of threescore demand an entrance upon the strength of risqué stories sprung from garrison-towns and college common-rooms.

  • The estates that were rented at two thousand pounds a year threescore years ago, are at three thousand pounds at present.

  • But her simplicity of living saved her, and she is still hale and hearty, though she has passed the limit of threescore and ten.