millennium

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n. 千禧年, 一千年

发音

UK /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/

词形变化

millennia 复数 millennia millenniums millenniums 复数 the millennium

别名

millenium

教材释义与例句

名词

千年期，千禧年；一千年，千年纪念；太平盛世，黄金时代

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A period of time consisting of one thousand years.

    千年

    千纪

    可数
  2. 2.

    The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

    A huge fireworks display was put on in Sydney to celebrate the millennium.

  3. 3.

    Any long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.

    古体

    Near-synonym: utopia

    expecting a millennium

name
  1. 1.

    The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).

    宗教

    usher in the millennium

    The Nazis' concept for the so-called Thousand-Year Reich of their infallible Leader has been described as but a pale pseudoreligious false-prophet imitation of the Christian concept of the millennium of Christ regnant.

  2. 2.

    A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday.

    古体

    Near-synonym: utopia

    usher in the millennium

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

millenary

上位词 8

period anniversary philosophy doctrine -ism period of time school of thought time period

部分词 1

century

相关短语

millennium bug 千年虫 Millennium Dome Millennium Development Goal Millennium Development Goals millennium egg millennium eggs light millennium turn of the millennium

词源

From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).

来源：wiktionary