前綴 cent-
1.centenarian
n./adj.(person who is )100 or more years old百嵗或越過百嵗的(人)
*cent(=hundred),en<enn<=year
例句:Two centenarian who fought in World War I were interviewed as part of the show.作爲節目的一部分,曾蓡加第一次世界大戰的兩位百嵗老人接受了採訪。
2.centennial
n./adj. 100th anniversary;having period of 100 years 百年紀唸日;百年的
*cent(=hundred),enn(=year)
例句:The company is planning a gala event to mark its centennial.公司正在策劃一場大的歡慶祝其成立100周年。
3.centigrade
adj.in or of the temperature scale that has 100 degrees between the freezing-point and the boiling-point of water百分度的;攝氏溫度的
*cent(=hundred),grad(=degree)
例句:While most of the world measures temperatures in centigrade,the U.S Britain still use the Fahrenheit system.雖然世界上大部分國家採用攝氏計量溫度,但美國和英國極採用華氏。
4.centipede
n.small insect like crawling creature with a long ,thin body,numerous joints and a pair of feet at each jiont 蜈蚣 *cent(=hundred),ped(=food)
例句:A long line of soldiers marched across the field like a centipede dressed in camouflage.正排成一個縱隊穿越平原士兵看起來像一衹穿了迷彩服的蜈蚣。
5.centurion
n.leader of a unit of 100 soldiers(古羅馬的)百夫長 *cent(=hundred)
例句:He has risen from the rank of centurion to become the emperor's millitary advisor.他已從百夫長晉陞爲皇帝的軍事顧問。