century
century 英 [ˈsentʃəri] 美 [ˈsɛntʃəri]
n. 世纪，百年；
名词复数:centuries
- 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.
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- n. 世纪，百年；
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1. We need to traverse the last century thoroughly.
我们需要全面研究上一个世纪。
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2. eighteenth-century writers
*18 世纪的作家
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3. the 20th century (= AD 1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
*20 世纪
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4. He was counted among the greatest writers of the century.
他被认为是本世纪的最伟大作家之一。
- century (n.) 1530s, "one hundred" (of anything), from Latin centuria "group of one hundred" of things of one kind (including a measure of land and a division of the Roman army, one-sixteenth of a legion, headed by a centurion), from centum "hundred" (see hundred) on analogy of decuria "a company of ten."
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