单词 | century year |
释义 | > as lemmascentury year century year n. a year having a date that is divisible by 100; a year marking the end (or beginning) of a century (see note at sense 5a). ΚΠ 1704 R. Sault tr. W. Beveridge in tr. A. Strauch Breviarium Chronologicum (ed. 2) i. vi. 42 After the 1600 year of Christ, every hundredth year..should be so managed that only one of four of these hundredth or Century years [L. annis centesimis] should be a Leap year. 1865 P. Smith Hist. World III. 250 Those century-years only, the number of which is divisible by 400, are leap years. 1961 New Scientist 30 Mar. 829/2 The corrections which the Gregorian calendar introduces in century years. 2008 J. Bryant & C. Sangwin How Round is your Circle? ix. 183 The year 2000 was a leap year, despite being a century year. < as lemmas |
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