century /ˈsentʃəri/ n. ［c］世纪，百年：the 18th and 19th centuries = the 18th and the 19th century 十八、十九世纪；in the sixties of the 20th century 在二十世纪六十年代；half a century 半个世纪；the present (previous) century 本(前一个)世纪；the first half of the twentieth century 二十世纪上半叶