English Dictionary

three-quarter

名詞

単数形

(rugby) A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back) / (only in singular) A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)

日本語の意味

ラグビーにおけるプレイヤーのうち、ハーフバックとフルバックの間に位置するポジション（スリークォーターバック）。 / 分数として、四等分したうちの三つの部分（75%を示す割合）。

The coach praised the three-quarter for cutting through the defense to set up the winning try.

監督はハーフバックとフルバックの間に位置する選手が守備を切り裂いて決勝トライを演出したことを称賛した。

意味（1）

(rugby) A player positioned between the half-backs and the full-backs (properly a three-quarter back)

England's superior conditioning began to show in the final quarter and as the game began to break up, their three-quarters began to stamp their authority on the game. And when Foden went on a mazy run from inside his own 22 and put Ashton in for a long-range try, any threat of an upset was when and truly snuffed out.

意味（2）

(only in singular) A fraction with three of four equal parts (=75 %)

Europe has around a three-quarter billion/milliard (i.e. 750 million) inhabitants.

three-quarters （ plural ）