centimetre

英 [ˈsentɪmiːtə(r)]

美 [ˈsentɪmiːtər]

n.  厘米

复数：centimetres　

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牛津词典

noun

• 厘米
  a unit for measuring length. There are 100 centimetres in a metre.

柯林斯词典

in AM, use 美国英语用 centimeter


• N-COUNT 厘米
  Acentimetreis a unit of length in the metric system equal to ten millimetres or one-hundredth of a metre.
  1. ...a tiny fossil plant, only a few centimetres high.
     一株很小的化石植物，只有几厘米高

英英释义

noun

• a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
  Synonym:centimetercm

双语例句

• With the introduction of the metric system in Hong Kong, both English and Chinese newspapers calculate their advertisement charges in column centimetre.
  香港在实行十进制后，各中英文报纸改用[栏厘米位]计算广告收费。
• Round each measurement to the nearest whole inch or centimetre.
  将每个测量数目四舍五入到最近的英寸或厘米整数。
• The snails are no larger than one centimetre across.
  这些蜗牛体宽不超过1厘米。
• The market now understands that you can probably not push more capital in a square centimetre and carry it around than you can in a coloured diamond.
  现在市场很明白，没有什么可以像彩钻一样，你可以将大量的资本投入到它那一平方厘米中，而且可以随身携带。
• No one can jump a centimetre higher than the height he can jump, nor run a minute longer than the length he can run.
  任何人不可超过速度一分一秒，逾越高度一分一厘。
• Increase the width of the margins by a centimetre.
  将页边空白增加1厘米。
• German schoolgirl Annika Irmler has licked her way into the Guinness Book of Records with her whopping seven centimetre tongue.
  德国女学生安妮卡·埃姆勒用她7厘米长的大舌头把自己“舔”进了《吉尼斯世界纪录》。
• The length of this pencil is seventeen centimetre.
  这铅笔17厘米长。
• A centimetre length of hair corresponds to roughly a month of growth, the team reports.
  一厘米长的毛发经历了大约一个月的生长期，研究团队报告说。
• The movement of the earth's tectonic plates is forcing the Himalayas upwards, reportedly causing Everest to grow by about a centimetre every year.
  地球板块的活动使喜马拉雅山不断升高，据说珠穆朗玛峰每年升高1厘米左右。