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单词 bicentenary
释义

bicentenary

[ bahy-sen-ten-uh-ree, bahy-sen-tn-er-ee; especially British bahy-sen-tee-nuh-ree ]
/ ˌbaɪ sɛnˈtɛn ə ri, baɪˈsɛn tnˌɛr i; especially British ˌbaɪ sɛnˈti nə ri /

adjective, noun, plural bi·cen·ten·ar·ies.Chiefly British.

bicentennial.

Origin of bicentenary

First recorded in 1860–65; bi-1 + centenary

Words nearby bicentenary

bicaudate, bice, bice blue, bice green, bicellular, bicentenary, bicentennial, bicentric, bicep, bicephalous, biceps
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Example sentences from the Web for bicentenary

  • Above her the elms, thinned of their leaf-crowns, arch their bicentenary heads; the flooded meadow flashes argent on either hand.

    Doctor Cupid|Rhoda Broughton

British Dictionary definitions for bicentenary

bicentenary

US bicentennial (ˌbaɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl)

/ (ˌbaɪsɛnˈtiːnərɪ) /

adjective

marking a 200th anniversary
occurring every 200 years
lasting 200 years

noun plural -naries

a 200th anniversary
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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