[N-COUNT 可数名词]一千年;千年期 A millennium is a period of one thousand years, especially one which begins and ends with a year ending in '000', for example the period from the year 1000 to the year 2000.
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[N-SING 单数名词]2000年;千禧年 Many people refer to the year 2000 as the Millennium .
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...the eve of the Millennium.
千禧年前夜
...the cost of Millennium celebrations and festivals.
千禧年庆典与节日活动的费用
Usage Note :
Be careful with the spelling of this word.
注意该词的拼写。
Oxford
mil·len·nium/mɪˈleniəm; NAmEmɪˈleniəm/noun(pluralmil·len·nia/mɪˈleniə; NAmEmɪˈleniə/ormil·len·niums)1a period of 1 000 years, especially as calculated before or after the birth of Christ 一千年,千年期(尤指公元纪年)◆the second millennium AD公元第二个千年2the millenniumthe time when one period of 1 000 years ends and another begins 千周年纪念日;千禧年◆How did you celebrate the millennium?你们是如何欢庆千禧年的?millenniummillenniumsmillenniamil·len·nium/mɪˈleniəm; NAmEmɪˈleniəm/mil·len·nia/mɪˈleniə; NAmEmɪˈleniə/
1a period of 1,000 years: people who have inhabited this land for millennia2[usually singular] the time when a new 1,000-year period begins: the beginning of a new millennium events which took place at the turn of the last millennium—millennial adjective
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