单词 | millennium |
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音标 | [mi'leniəm] |
解释 | n. 一千年;(未来的)太平盛世 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.一千年; (未来的)太平盛世( hoped-for period of happiness and prosperity) |
字源 | millennium (n.) 1630s, from Modern Latin millennium, from Latin mille "thousand" (see million) + annus "year" (see annual); formed on analogy of biennium, triennium, etc. For vowel change, see biennial. First in English in sense of "1,000-year period of Christ's anticipated rule on Earth" (Rev. xx:1-5). Sense of "any 1,000-year period" first recorded 1711. Meaning "the year 2000" attested from 1970. |
不择手段背单词 | n. 一千年; (未来的)太平盛世(一个希望中的欢乐、祥和、繁荣及公平的时期) 【记】mill = mile(n 千米); enn = ann年, ium-一千年源于: 《启示录》第20章提到的神圣的一千年, 在此期间耶稣及其信徒统治着世界. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】million 百万 + 音:年 |
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