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单词 circa
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Definition of circa in English:

circa

preposition ˈsəːkəˈsərkə
  • (often preceding a date) approximately.

    the church was built circa 1860
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is the melee that is urban India, circa 2004.
    • The can of Golden Circle Pineapple Chunks has the label design circa 1985.
    • For some reason we were discussing Coronation Street, and I quoted my favourite line, circa 1966
    • We recently bought a new house that had a couple of large ceiling fans from circa 1980.
    • Jakober's narrator, Paul, is a repressed Christian monk circa the First Crusade.
    • My earliest Guernsey ancestor whose name I know was born circa 1780.
    • This was, in fact, the widely perceived view prior to circa 1990.
    • My maternal grandmother got her bachelor's degree in Home Economics there back circa 1934.
    • This was circa 1977 and ‘new age traveller’ was not part of the common vocabulary of the time.
    • In one shot, an extra is clearly seen to be wearing a Taiga jacket, a trademark of Vancouver circa 1990s or later.
    • You would be forgiven for thinking that you were in New England circa 1880.
    • The room itself is decorated in the style of a particularly tasteless English living room, circa 1976.
    • This was a bag you'd take when setting off for London on a steamship circa 1955.
    • The earliest use of the term was recorded in Texas circa 1850.
    • Like a lot of boys born in Ireland circa 1979 and 1980, my brother too bears a name that betrays his vintage.
    • This construction, despite often being called the Yorkshire Stonehenge, is a reproduction, circa 1820.
    • This was student politics circa 1926, in the days when electing a rector at Edinburgh University caused mayhem in the city.
    • The ancient church dates to circa 1000 AD and is the oldest standing building in the parish of Aghamore.
    • He discovered a settlement dating back to the early bronze age, circa 2000 BC, in Warburton.
    • Mountmellick courthouse was built circa 1840 and served the town for close on a century and a half.
    Synonyms
    approximately, about, around, round about, in the region of, roughly, something like, in the area of, in the neighbourhood of, of the order of, or so, or thereabouts, there or thereabouts, more or less, give or take a few, plus or minus a few
    nearly, close to, not far off, approaching
    British getting on for
    South African plus-minus
    informal as near as dammit
    North American informal in the ballpark of

Origin

Mid 19th century: Latin.

Rhymes

burka, Gurkha, jerker, lurker, mazurka, shirker, smirker, worker
 
 

Definition of circa in US English:

circa

prepositionˈsərkəˈsərkə
  • (often preceding a date) approximately.

    built circa 1935
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mountmellick courthouse was built circa 1840 and served the town for close on a century and a half.
    • My maternal grandmother got her bachelor's degree in Home Economics there back circa 1934.
    • This is the melee that is urban India, circa 2004.
    • This was a bag you'd take when setting off for London on a steamship circa 1955.
    • This was, in fact, the widely perceived view prior to circa 1990.
    • Like a lot of boys born in Ireland circa 1979 and 1980, my brother too bears a name that betrays his vintage.
    • For some reason we were discussing Coronation Street, and I quoted my favourite line, circa 1966
    • This construction, despite often being called the Yorkshire Stonehenge, is a reproduction, circa 1820.
    • He discovered a settlement dating back to the early bronze age, circa 2000 BC, in Warburton.
    • My earliest Guernsey ancestor whose name I know was born circa 1780.
    • The ancient church dates to circa 1000 AD and is the oldest standing building in the parish of Aghamore.
    • Jakober's narrator, Paul, is a repressed Christian monk circa the First Crusade.
    • You would be forgiven for thinking that you were in New England circa 1880.
    • The earliest use of the term was recorded in Texas circa 1850.
    • The room itself is decorated in the style of a particularly tasteless English living room, circa 1976.
    • We recently bought a new house that had a couple of large ceiling fans from circa 1980.
    • In one shot, an extra is clearly seen to be wearing a Taiga jacket, a trademark of Vancouver circa 1990s or later.
    • The can of Golden Circle Pineapple Chunks has the label design circa 1985.
    • This was circa 1977 and ‘new age traveller’ was not part of the common vocabulary of the time.
    • This was student politics circa 1926, in the days when electing a rector at Edinburgh University caused mayhem in the city.
    Synonyms
    approximately, about, around, round about, in the region of, roughly, something like, in the area of, in the neighbourhood of, of the order of, or so, or thereabouts, there or thereabouts, more or less, give or take a few, plus or minus a few

Origin

Mid 19th century: Latin.

 
 
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