Century 音标拼音: [s'ɛntʃɚi]
n . 世纪,百年
世纪,百年
century n 1 :
a period of 100 years 2 :
ten 10s [
synonym : {
hundred }, {
100 }, {
C }, {
century }, {
one C }]
Century \
Cen "
tu *
ry \,
n .;
pl . {
Centuries }. [
L .
centuria (
in senses 1 &
3 ),
fr .
centum a hundred :
cf .
F .
centurie .
See {
Cent }.]
1 .
A hundred ;
as ,
a century of sonnets ;
an aggregate of a hundred things . [
Archaic .]
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And on it said a century of prayers . --
Shak .
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2 .
A period of a hundred years ;
as ,
this event took place over two centuries ago .
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Note :
Century ,
in the reckoning of time ,
although often used in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive years (
as ,
a century of temperance work ),
usually signifies a division of the Christian era ,
consisting of a period of one hundred years ending with the hundredth year from which it is named ;
as ,
the first century ({
a }. {
d }.
1 -
100 inclusive );
the seventh century ({
a }.{
d }.
601 -
700 );
the eighteenth century ({
a }.{
d }.
1701 -
1800 ).
With words or phrases connecting it with some other system of chronology it is used of similar division of those eras ;
as ,
the first century of Rome (
A .
U .
C .
1 -
100 ).
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3 . (
Rom .
Antiq .)
(
a )
A division of the Roman people formed according to their property ,
for the purpose of voting for civil officers .
(
b )
One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided .
It was Commanded by a centurion .
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{
Century plant } (
Bot .),
the {
Agave Americana },
formerly supposed to flower but once in a century ; --
hence the name .
See {
Agave }.
{
The Magdeburg Centuries },
an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries ,
arranged in thirteen volumes ,
compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg .
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132 Moby Thesaurus words for "
century ":
C ,
C -
note ,
G ,
G -
note ,
abundant year ,
academic year ,
aeon ,
age ,
ages ,
annum ,
bicentenary ,
bicentennial ,
bissextile year ,
buck ,
calendar month ,
calendar year ,
cartwheel ,
cent ,
cental ,
centare ,
centenarian ,
centenary ,
centennial ,
centennium ,
centigram ,
centimeter ,
centipede ,
centistere ,
centred ,
centref ,
centrev ,
centumvir ,
centumvirate ,
centurion ,
common year ,
copper ,
cwt ,
day ,
decade ,
decennary ,
decennium ,
defective year ,
dime ,
dollar ,
dollar bill ,
eternity ,
fifty cents ,
fin ,
fiscal year ,
fish ,
five cents ,
five hundred dollars ,
five -
dollar bill ,
five -
hundred -
dollar bill ,
five -
spot ,
fiver ,
fortnight ,
four bits ,
frogskin ,
grand ,
gross ,
half G ,
half a C ,
half dollar ,
half grand ,
hecatomb ,
hour ,
hundred ,
hundred -
dollar bill ,
hundredweight ,
iron man ,
leap year ,
long ,
long hundred ,
long time ,
long while ,
lunar month ,
lunar year ,
lunation ,
luster ,
lustrum ,
man -
hour ,
microsecond ,
mill ,
millennium ,
millisecond ,
minute ,
moment ,
month ,
month of Sundays ,
moon ,
nickel ,
one C ,
penny ,
quarter ,
quinquennium ,
red cent ,
regular year ,
right smart spell ,
sawbuck ,
second ,
semester ,
sesquicentenary ,
sesquicentennial ,
session ,
sidereal year ,
silver dollar ,
skin ,
smacker ,
solar year ,
sun ,
ten cents ,
ten -
spot ,
tenner ,
tercentenary ,
tercentennial ,
term ,
thousand dollars ,
thousand -
dollar bill ,
trimester ,
twelvemonth ,
twenty -
dollar bill ,
twenty -
five cents ,
two bits ,
two -
dollar bill ,
two -
spot ,
week ,
weekday ,
yard ,
year ,
years ,
years on end
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