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 friendly intercourse between our two countries can be traced back to last century.
  我们两国之间的友好往来可以追溯到上个世纪。
• Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.
  正如世纪之交时那样，我们再次在巨大的希望和忧虑之间彷徨不定。
• They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
  他们在世纪之交逃到了南美洲。
• To the rear is a large dining room — added on early this century.
  后边是一个大餐厅——本世纪早期增建的。
• 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。
• 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 drought there is the worst in a century.
  这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
• 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。
• 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 British Empire flourished in the 19th century.
  英帝国在19世纪曾昌盛一时。