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
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- the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
20世纪 - eighteenth-century writers
18世纪的作家
- the 20th century (= AD1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
- （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.- ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
18世纪晚期的名人 - ...a 17th-century merchant's house.
一幢17世纪商宅
- ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
- N-COUNT 一百年
Acenturyis any period of a hundred years.- The drought there is the worst in a century.
这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
- The drought there is the worst in a century.
- (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
双语例句
- In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California
19世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - They were forged by them, moreover, into a self-conscious nation as early as the 10th century
另外，早在10世纪，他们就被其锻造成了一个具有自我意识的民族。 - The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present
展览追溯了美国从19世纪至今的平面设计历史。 - Battery charging systems remain basically the same as those in use half a century ago.
电池充电系统和半个世纪前基本上没什么区别。 - From 1066 to the 17th century the fox was looked upon as vermin.
从1066年到17世纪，狐狸一直被视为害兽。 - The director transposes the action from 16th Century France to post-Civil War America.
导演把情节从16世纪的法国调换到内战后的美国。 - He told a press conference that Spain was suffering one of the worst droughts of the century.
他在记者招待会上说西班牙正遭受着本世纪最严重的旱灾之一。