century
gb/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/ us/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
A2
英语
~ 500
义项
0 个义项
名词
A2
quantity
1
a 100-year time span
A time period of 100 years.
用法模式：
[a/the] century
常见错误：
Learners sometimes confuse 'century' with 'decade', which is only 10 years.
近义词
hundred years (Exact equivalent but less formal and less commonly used in historical contexts.)
反义词
decade (Refers to a period of ten years, the opposite in scale.)
搭配
turn of the century
|21st century
|centuries ago
|early 20th century
|mid-century
主题
history
|time
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- 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.
名词
B2
entity
2
100 runs scored in cricket
In cricket, when one player scores 100 runs in one turn at batting.
常见错误：
Non-cricket fans may think 'century' here means 100 years instead of 100 runs.
近义词
hundred (Informal shorthand for scoring 100 runs in cricket.)
反义词
duck (In cricket, scoring zero runs in an innings.)
搭配
score a century
|hit a century
|make a century
主题
sports
|core_vocabulary
例句
- 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.
学习者例句
- He scored a century in the match.
- She made her first century last year.
- A player gets a century when they score 100 runs.
语法
词典原形
century
IPA
GB/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
US/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
音节与重音
cen - tury （2 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (cen)
词形变化
Noun
- Base: century
- Plural: centuries
词族
Forms
centuries
noun
Related words
centennial
adjective
centenary
noun
Advanced or less common
centenarian
noun
bicentennial
adjective
相关表达
centuries ago
1/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚiz əɡˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
a very long time ago (hundreds of years)
A time many hundreds of years before now.
例句
- 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.
例句
- 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.
例句
- Many new inventions appeared around the turn of the century.
- She was born at the turn of the 19th century.