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。
• The 20th century brought brutal change to some countries.
  20世纪一些国家发生了无情的变化。
• 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 television screens of the next century will be linked up to an emerging world telecommunications grid.
  下个世纪的电视屏幕将会接入到正在形成的全球电信网络中。
• The next election is for the government to take us into the new century.
  下次选举要选出带领我们进入新世纪的政府。
• The drought there is the worst in a century.
  这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
• 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。
• 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。
• Even in the 18th century scholars continued to give primacy to the written word.
  甚至到了18世纪，学者们仍然将书面语放在第一位。
• 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。