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be + number + centimeters + long/wide/thick/deep
表示长、宽、高、深等尺寸时，数字大于一通常用复数形式 centimeters。
The snow outside is twenty centimeters deep.
外面的雪有二十厘米深。
厘米
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
厘米
a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
The snow outside is twenty centimeters deep.
外面的雪有二十厘米深。
等于一米的百分之一的公制长度单位
a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter
The pencil is about fifteen centimeters long.
这支铅笔大约有十五厘米长。
The snow grew by a few centimeters overnight.
雪一夜之间长高了几厘米。
There was only one centimeter of space between the two boxes.
两个箱子之间只有一厘米的空隙。
表示长、宽、高、深等尺寸时，数字大于一通常用复数形式 centimeters。
The snow outside is twenty centimeters deep.
外面的雪有二十厘米深。
作定语修饰名词时，即使数字大于一，centimeter 也用单数，并常用连字符。
They found a two-centimeter crack in the wall.
他们在墙上发现了一条两厘米长的裂缝。
此结构表示“以厘米为单位测量某物”。
Doctors often measure infant length in centimeters.
医生通常以厘米为单位测量婴儿的身长。
介词 of 后接所测量的物质或事物。
The city received 30 centimeters of rain in one day.
这座城市一天之内降雨量达到30厘米。
Not this
The board is 100 centimeter long.
Use this
The board is 100 centimeters long.
数字大于1时，计量单位应用复数，所以 centimeter 后要加 s。
Not this
Please write the length in centimeter.
Use this
Please write the length in centimeters.
介词 in 后表示计量单位时，单位名词要用复数形式，因此应为 in centimeters。
Not this
She is 165 centimeters height.
Use this
She is 165 centimeters tall.
描述身高时用 be + 数字 + 单位 + 形容词 tall；height 是名词，不能放在厘米数后作表语，应改用形容词 tall。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
平方厘米
The area of the postage stamp is about five square centimeters.
这张邮票的面积约为五平方厘米。
立方厘米
The engine has a capacity of 1,500 cubic centimeters.
这台发动机的排量为1500立方厘米。
厘米尺
Use a centimeter ruler to measure the length of the pencil.
用厘米尺测量铅笔的长度。
……厘米长
The caterpillar is about seven centimeters long.
这只毛毛虫大约七厘米长。
距……只有几厘米
The ball landed within centimeters of the hole.
球落在离洞只有几厘米的地方。
几厘米
We need to move the shelf a few centimeters to the right.
我们需要把架子向右移几厘米。
我只有一厘米高！
Spamton's famous line uses the word 'centimeter' to emphasize his tiny size.
斯潘顿的名言用“厘米”一词来强调他矮小的身材。
厘米
The song 'Centimeter' by the peggies is the opening theme of the anime Rent-A-Girlfriend.
乐队the peggies的歌曲《厘米》是动漫《租借女友》的片头曲。
Use centimeter naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
centi- 表示“百分之一”，所以 centimeter 就是百分之一米，即厘米。
语域：neutral 常见场景：测量长度、科学实验、日常尺寸标注 centimeter 是标准的公制长度单位，多用于测量、科学记录和日常尺寸描述，语气通常中性，在书面和口语中都常见。
Only 'millimeter' rhymes with 'centimeter' here: both end in /ˌmiːtɚ/. 'kilometer', 'thermometer', 'barometer', 'parameter', and 'perimeter' share the '-meter' spelling but have different stress patterns and vowels in the pronunciations given, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.