英语词汇“sesquicentennial”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	sesquicentennial
释义	sesquicentennial, a. and n. Chiefly U.S.\|ˌsɛskwɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl\| [f. sesqui- + centennial.] A. adj. Pertaining to a celebration of a hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary. 1888Advance (Chicago) 9 Aug., The sesquicentennial celebration of the church.1896Academy 6 June 468/2 The sesquicentennial celebration of the University of Princeton, New Jersey. B. n. Such a celebration or anniversary. 1880Lond. & Prov. Mus. Trades Rev. 15 Nov. 3/1 The Sesqui-centennial of Baltimore was celebrated during the second week of October.1931[see red n.¹ 1 g].1976Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Mar. 278/2 In 1926 the sesquicentennial [of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations] was celebrated more modestly with a series of lectures given in the new home of economic orthodoxy, the London School of Economics.1978Nature 8 June 421/2 This year is the sesquicentennial of the announcement by Wöhler that marked the birth of synthetic organic chemistry.
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