单词 | century-long |
释义 | > as lemmascentury-long century-long adj. lasting for (approximately) a hundred years.In quot. 1924 as adv.: for a hundred years. ΚΠ 1867 Spectator 16 May 549/2 The triumphant passage of the Sphynx on her way to her century-long resting-place among her sisters. 1924 R. Graves Mock Beggar Hall 62 They themselves May century-long be doomed to walk these rooms. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. i. 4 A century-long controversy. 2010 Daily Tel. 27 Sept. 14/6 The Cox's century-long reign as Britain's favourite home-grown apple could soon come to an end as consumers switch to the sweeter taste of the rival Gala. < as lemmas |
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