century

英 [ˈsentʃəri]

美 [ˈsentʃəri]

n.  100年; 百年; 世纪; (一个运动员所得的)100分

复数：centuries　

中考高考CET4CET6考研IELTS

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.407 / COCA.605

习惯用语

n.

the turn of the century/year
• 世纪之交；新年伊始；辞旧迎新之际
  the time when a new century/year starts
• It was built at the turn of the century.
  这是在世纪之交修建的。

牛津词典

noun

• 100年；百年
  a period of 100 years
• 世纪
  any of the periods of 100 years before or after the birth of Christ
  1. the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
     20世纪
  2. eighteenth-century writers
     18世纪的作家
• （一个运动员所得的）100分
  a score of 100 runs by one player

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 世纪
  Acenturyis a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
  1. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
     18世纪晚期的名人
  2. ...a 17th-century merchant's house.
     一幢17世纪商宅
• N-COUNT 一百年
  Acenturyis any period of a hundred years.
  1. The drought there is the worst in a century.
     这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
• (板球中一名击球手获得的)一百分，一百多分
  In cricket, acenturyis a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.

英英释义

noun

• ten 10s
  Synonym:hundred100Cone C
• a period of 100 years

双语例句

• The British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
  英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。
• They can trace their lineage directly back to the 18th century.
  他们的世系可以直接追溯到18世纪。
• Modern linguistics emerged as a distinct field in the nineteenth century.
  现代语言学在19世纪作为一个独立的领域出现。
• When Dutch colonial rule ended in the 19th century the civil service was anglicised.
  荷兰殖民统治在19世纪结束时，文职部门已被英国化了。
• The popular ceramics industry expanded towards the middle of the 19th century
  到19世纪中期，大众制陶业得到了发展。
• The treaty provides that, by the end of the century, the United States must have removed its bases
  条约规定，到本世纪末，美国必须撤除其基地。
• The century produces many great men.
  这个世纪出了许多大人物。
• They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
  他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
• The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
  这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
• In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California
  19世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。