| 单词 | cent |
| 释义 | cent (once / 96 pages) n A cent is a very small unit of money. In the US, one cent is the same thing as one penny. A cent is 1/100 of a dollar — in other words, there are 100 cents in a dollar. Many other currencies have a cent as well, including the European Union, Estonia, and Hong Kong, representing 1/100 of the basic unit of money. The word cent comes from the Latin centum, "hundred." In Middle English, cent meant "one hundred," but by the 1600s it came to mean "one hundredth." WORD FAMILYcent: cents USAGE EXAMPLESInternational Brent crude oil LCOc1 was yet to trade after closing up 68 cents at $56.82 per barrel on Friday. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Prices for the wild-caught, “natural Japanese” eels served at upscale restaurants like Nodaiwa climbed even higher, by as much as fifty or sixty per cent. The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017) The results of another study suggest that, on average, about twenty to twenty-five per cent of the waking day is spent in self-talk. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1n a fractional monetary unit of several countries Hyper fractional monetary unit, subunit a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit Sri Lanka rupee, rupeethe basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents 2n a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit Syn|Hypo|Hyper centime, penny copper a copper penny new pennya coin used in Great Britain since 1971 worth one hundredth of a pound coin a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money |
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