century是什么意思？

century

英[ˈsentʃəri] 美[ˈsɛntʃəri]

• n. 百年，一世纪，百个，（板球）一百分，<美>百元钞票；

复数：centuries;

例句

• The castle dates back to the 14th century. 该城堡建于14世纪。
• This huge triumphal arch was erected at the beginning of this century. 这座巨大的凯旋门是本世纪初建造的。
• More and more people are inclined towards the Liberal Party as they become disenchanted with the two main parties that have governed the country for half a century. 人们对统治这个国家达半个世纪之久的两大政党不再抱有幻想，愈来愈多的人倾向于自由党。
• These clubs began as coffeehouses in the seventeenth century. 这些夜总会在17世纪时原来是咖啡馆。
• The hotel has the splendour of a nineteenth-century mansion. 这家旅馆具有19 世纪豪宅的华丽风格。
• We’re studying dramatic texts by sixteenth century playwrights. 我们正在研究16 世纪戏剧作家的戏剧文本。
• Modern music has broken away from 18th century rules. 现代音乐摆脱了18世纪的规则。
• As a writer, he really belongs to the 18th century. 作为一个作家, 他的确属于18世纪。
• The paintings of Paul Cezanne prefigured the rise of cubism in the early 20th century. 保罗·塞尚的绘画预示了20世纪初叶立体主义的兴起。
• various events that happened posterior to the 19th century 19世纪以后发生的种种事件

同义词

• n.
  century的同义词之：时代
  Age, time, era, period,
  century的同义词之：百年,一个世纪
  ten, centenary, hundred, one, years, decades,
• century的同义词之：其他释义
  year,

英语四级真题

But while printing quickly caused the hand written book to die out, handwriting lingered on (继续存在) well into the 16th century.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
The high cost of steam and the lesser need for speed kept the majority of the world's ocean freight moving by sail until the early years of the 20th century
出自-2014年6月阅读原文
Central heating was present in every upper-and middle-class home by the second half of the 19th century.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文

英语六级真题

Cyrano was dead and buried for a good three centuries before the first manned rockets started to fly.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文
The table dates from the 18th century and is made from Spanish oak.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
A chronicle professor, Henry Louis Gates, recently studied are search project looking into 19th century African-American fiction and poetry
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  世纪
  A century is 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.
  例句
  ...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
• N-COUNT
  一百年
  A century is any period of a hundred years.
  例句
  The drought there is the worst in a century. 这是一百年来最严重的旱灾。
• N-COUNT
  (板球中一名击球手获得的)一百分，一百多分
  In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  100年, 一世纪
  The 5th century saw the end of the Roman Empire in the West. 古罗马帝国灭亡于五世纪。 The building is some centuries old. 这座建筑已建有几个世纪了。
  100分
  He scored the most fantastic century I have ever witnessed. 他所获得的100分是我所见过最好的。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. 100 years
  2. ten 10s

行业词典

• 体育： 百米赛跑；百米游泳赛；
  金融： 百元；