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单词 millennium
释义
millenniummil‧len‧ni‧um /mɪˈleniəm/ ●○○ noun (plural millennia /-niə/) [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmillennium
Origin:
1600-1700 Modern Latin, Latin mille ‘thousand’ + annus ‘year’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • What did you do to celebrate the millennium?
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As the end of the second millennium approaches, mankind is in a different mood.
  • As the new millennium dawned and women came steadily closer to the top, executives at the summit began to grow uneasy.
  • As the new millennium opened, money talked.
  • As we move towards the end of the millennium the Association is increasingly widening its horizons.
  • It has a number on it, but not the number of the second millennium.
  • Let there be a new treaty that deals with the realities of a new millennium.
  • The circle seems unbroken, and now, in this new millennium, Showcase promises to be even more successful.
  • The medieval, Renaissance and modern collections cover more than a millennium, from the Dark Ages to the interwar period.
word sets
WORD SETS
AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 events which took place at the turn of the last millennium
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Along with the new millennium, comes another decade of collectable toys.· Our president, who has been elected to lead us into the new millennium, needs spiritual guidance like all of us.· As the new millennium begins, a world supposedly safe from war has to some degree become a world safe for war.· As the new millennium dawned and women came steadily closer to the top, executives at the summit began to grow uneasy.· How will the new millennium children reconcile conflicting demands on scarce resources against the background of global warming?· So much has been trumpeted about these being the first Games of the new millennium.· A plan to plant 20 trees in Witham to mark the new millennium has been postponed.· As the world approached the cusp of a new millennium, the fire was still spreading.
NOUN
· What is the origin of the millennium bug?
VERB
· It describes the lushness and abundance of the coming millennium.· In the coming millennium, Dahl predicted, new telecommunications technology will exert a powerful influence for change on the democratic process.· Yet another argument for a return to unions in the coming millennium.
· Culture, as we enter the new millennium, becomes the ultimate commodity.· Whatever, bamboo is versatile and appealing and is a great material to rediscover as we enter the new millennium.
1a period of 1,000 years:  people who have inhabited this land for millennia2[usually singular] the time when a new 1,000-year period begins:  the beginning of a new millennium events which took place at the turn of the last millenniummillennial adjective
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