【century音标】 英[ˈsentʃəri] 美[ˈsentʃəri]
【单词释义】 century是什么意思：
n.百年，世纪；百个；（板球）一百分；百元钞票
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] centuries
【century形近词/近似词】
augury n.预言；预兆；占卜术
fury n.狂怒；暴怒；猛烈，剧烈
penury n.[U] 贫困；贫穷；缺乏
jury n.陪审团；评判委员会 adj.应急的
injury n.[U,C]伤害，损害；损伤
mercury n.[U][化]汞，水银；[天]水星
luxury n.奢侈，豪华；奢侈品 adj.奢华的，豪华的
bury vt.埋葬
【单词例句】
◇ While university appears to be the older of the two terms, dating as far back as the 13th century, schools and students in North America have embraced college to describe most places of higher learning.
尽管university这个词汇在这两者中历史更悠久，早在13世纪就产生了，但北美的学校和学生却主要用college来指代大多数高校。
---- What's the difference between a college and a university?
◇ The world's population could swell to 10.9 billion by the end of the century, a new United Nations analysis found, raising concerns that adding more than 3 billion people to the planet could further deplete natural resources and accelerate global warming.
联合国最新分析发现，到本世纪末，世界人口可能会增至109亿。人们担心，地球上增加30多亿人口可能会进一步耗尽自然资源，加速全球变暖。
---- World's population could swell to 10.9 billion by 2100
◇ The origin may have become popular around the 14th century when a bestselling memoir, <<The Voyage and Travel of Sir John Mandeville>>, referenced serpents who sob while eating their human victims.
这个说法大约是在14世纪开始流行起来的，当时有一本畅销的回忆录叫《约翰·曼德维尔爵士的航海旅行》，里面提到蛇在吃人的时候会流泪。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ Past perception wasn't all bad. The union between marriage and the now-standard ring placement can be traced back to second-century Egyptians who falsely believed that "a certain most delicate nerve" began in the fourth left finger and stretched directly to the heart, according to the Greek scholar Appian.
古人也不全都认为左手不好。婚姻和左手无名指的关联可以追溯到2世纪的埃及。希腊学者阿皮安解释说，当时埃及人误以为“某个最脆弱的神经”从左手第四指开始，一直延伸到心脏。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ By the mid-nineteenth century, the term"icebox"had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States.
直到19世纪中期，"冰箱"这个名词才进入了美国语言，但冰仅仅只是开始影响美国普通市民的饮食。