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Millennium Year Means Thousand Middle Decade Thousandth Period

英语单词 millennium
英美音标 英 [mɪ'leniəm] 美 [mɪ'leniəm]
中文释义 n.一千年;太平盛世
英语例句 (1) The current hypothesis is that the Vedic form of Sanskrit survived until the middle of the first millennium BC.
(2) Each of these Pyramid inches represents one millennium, or 1000 years, showing that Zoroaster was the middle Manifestation.
(3) I do not expect the millennium to come during my lifetime.
中文例句 (1) 当前的假说就是梵语形式的吠陀经保存了下来,直到公元前一千年中叶为止。
(2) 每一个这些棱椎的每一英寸都代表一个千禧年,或一千年,表明琐罗亚斯德是中间的表现。
(3) 我并不指望我这一生中能碰上太平盛世。
vocabulary简明 A decade means ten years, a century means a hundred, and millennium means a thousand. Think: a decade of marriage, the new millennium.
vocabulary扩展 In Latin, in the Romance languages, and in the metric system, mille refers to a thousand. A millimeter is a thousandth of a meter, a milliliter a thousandth of a liter, a millennium is a thousand years. Think of the number "one million" as a thousand thousands, and you'll get the idea.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
  [FORMAL 正式]
    2
    [N-SING 单数名词]2000年;千禧年 Many people refer to the year 2000 as the Millennium .
      [usu the N]
    • ...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。

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