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单词 century
释义 century
 /sen"cheuh ree/,  n.  ,  pl.   centuries.
  1. a period of 100 years.
  2. one of the successive periods of 100 years reckoned forward or backward from a recognized chronological epoch, esp. from the assumed date of the birth of Jesus.
  3. any group or collection of 100: a century of limericks.
  4. (in the ancient Roman army) a company, consisting of approximately 100 men.
  5. one of the voting divisions of the ancient Roman people, each division having one vote.
  6. (cap.) Print. a style of type.
  7.  Slang.   a hundred-dollar bill; 100 dollars.
  8.  Sports.   a race of 100 yards or meters, as in track or swimming, or of 100 miles, as in bicycle racing.
  9.  Cricket.   a score of at least 100 runs made by one batsman in a single inning.
 [1525-35; < L centuria unit made up of 100 parts, esp. company of soldiers, equiv. to cent(um) 100 + -uria, perh. extracted from decuria DECURY]
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