单词 | century |
释义 | century (once / 41 pages) n 100 years is called a century. The computer, the television, and video games were all invented in the twentieth century. People are now wondering what the twenty-first century holds for us. The noun century comes from the Latin word centuria, which was a group of 100, particularly a group of 100 Roman soldiers (one of 16 such groups in a Roman legion). The word today still can refer to 100 of something. In sports, a century is a score of 100 in a game of cricket. A race of 100 yards or 100 miles is also sometimes called a century. In slang, century can also mean a 100 dollar bill. WORD FAMILYcentury: centuries USAGE EXAMPLESSunday afternoons in Century Link Field are akin to Sunday mornings in church. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) For most of the 20th Century the pub's official name was The York Minster. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) This regular season finale provided fresh torture for a franchise that hasn’t found consistent success in a quarter century. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a period of 100 years Hypo|Hyper quattrocento the 15th century in Italian art and literature twentieth centurythe century from 1901 to 2000 period, period of time, time period an amount of time 2n ten 10s Syn|Hyper 100, C, hundred, one C large integer an integer equal to or greater than ten |
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