sesquicentennial

英式音标：[ˌseskwɪsen'tenɪəl]

美式音标：[ˌseskwɪsen'tenɪrl]

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概况：

adj. 一百五十（周）年的

n. 一百五十周年纪念

词义：

n.

一百五十周年纪念；

adj.

一百五十[周]年的；

用法：

权威例句

Sesquicentennial

Sesquicentennial

SESQUICENTENNIAL

On the sesquicentennial of Theodore Billroth.

John Hughlings-Jackson: a sesquicentennial tribute

Semmelweis' sesquicentennial: a little-noted anniversary of handwashing

The University of Mississippi:A Sesquicentennial History

Larval ecology of marine invertebrates: A sesquicentennial history

Pasteur’s Resolution of Racemic Acid: A Sesquicentennial Retrospect and a New Translation

Cazenave, Kaposi and lupus erythematosus. A centennial and a sesquicentennial.

Charles Darwin and psychology at the bicentennial and sesquicentennial: an introduction.

Celebrating the sesquicentennial of Mayo Clinic: 150 years of advances in medical practice, education, research, and professionalism.

Evolution and the eye: the Darwin bicentennial and the sesquicentennial of the origin of species

英语词源：

sesquicentennial (adj.)

"pertaining to a century and a half," 1878, from sesqui- + centennial. As a noun from 1880; first recorded reference is to Baltimore's.

造句：

1. He was six feet four, all lanky and leggy.

他身高6英尺4英寸，瘦高个儿，大长腿。

来自柯林斯例句

2. "The British tabloids called me leggy and stunning," she recalls.

“当时的英国小报都说我‘双腿修长’、‘艳惊四座’，”她回忆道。

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3. The leggy beauty was none other than our own Naomi Campbell.

这位长腿美女不是别人，正是咱们的娜奥米·坎贝尔。

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4. Leggy blondes are two a penny in Hollywood.

在好莱坞，长腿金发美女遍地都是。

来自柯林斯例句

5. a tall leggy schoolgirl

个高腿长的女学生

来自《权威词典》

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