century
gb/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/ us/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
A2
英語
~ 500
語義
0件の語義
名詞
A2
quantity
1
a 100-year time span
A time period of 100 years.
用法パターン：
[a/the] century
よくある間違い：
Learners sometimes confuse 'century' with 'decade', which is only 10 years.
類義語
hundred years (Exact equivalent but less formal and less commonly used in historical contexts.)
対義語
decade (Refers to a period of ten years, the opposite in scale.)
コロケーション
turn of the century
|21st century
|centuries ago
|early 20th century
|mid-century
テーマ
history
|time
|core_vocabulary
例文
- The 20th century saw rapid technological change.
- Many traditions date back several centuries.
- The building was constructed in the 18th century.
- We are living in the 21st century.
- The turn of the century brought new challenges.
学習者向け例文
- The 20th century started in 1901.
- People lived very differently a century ago.
- We are now in the 21st century.
- A century has 100 years.
- The city is more than one century old.
名詞
B2
entity
2
100 runs scored in cricket
In cricket, when one player scores 100 runs in one turn at batting.
よくある間違い：
Non-cricket fans may think 'century' here means 100 years instead of 100 runs.
類義語
hundred (Informal shorthand for scoring 100 runs in cricket.)
対義語
duck (In cricket, scoring zero runs in an innings.)
コロケーション
score a century
|hit a century
|make a century
テーマ
sports
|core_vocabulary
例文
- He scored his third century of the season.
- The crowd cheered as she reached her century.
- Scoring a century is a major achievement for any batsman.
学習者向け例文
- He scored a century in the match.
- She made her first century last year.
- A player gets a century when they score 100 runs.
文法
辞書形
century
IPA
GB/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
US/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
音節・強勢
cen - tury （2音節）
Stress on 1st syllable (cen)
活用形
Noun
- Base: century
- Plural: centuries
関連語
Forms
centuries
noun
Related words
centennial
adjective
centenary
noun
Advanced or less common
centenarian
noun
bicentennial
adjective
表現
centuries ago
1/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚiz əɡˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
a very long time ago (hundreds of years)
A time many hundreds of years before now.
例文
- This castle was built centuries ago.
- Centuries ago, people traveled by horse and carriage.
quarter-century
1/kwˈɔɹtɚ sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
fixed phrase
a time span of 25 years
A period of twenty-five years.
例文
- He worked there for over a quarter-century.
- The company is celebrating a quarter-century in business.
turn of the century
1/tˈɚn əv ðə sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
fixed phrase
time when one century ends and another begins
The time when one hundred-year period ends and the next begins.
例文
- Many new inventions appeared around the turn of the century.
- She was born at the turn of the 19th century.