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

• 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。
• After looking at the jug, Faulkner concurred that it was late Roman, third or fourth century
  看了这个罐子之后，福克纳赞成罐子属于罗马帝国晚期的说法，即3或4世纪。
• The nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in ship design and propulsion.
  19世纪船舶设计和船舶动力领域发生了重大的变革。
• 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 drought there is the worst in a century.
  这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
• The core of the Festival's programme centres round performances of new and 20th century work.
  这个音乐节最重要的节目以演奏20世纪的作品和新作为主。
• 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。
• Some have called him the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century.
  有人曾称他为20世纪最伟大的艺人。
• 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。
• 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。