Word · Frequency #26362
centurion
百人队队长
leader of 100 soldiers in ancient Rome
- 1.
A player who scores a century.
百分得分手
百分得分手
In use
The centurion ordered his soldiers to advance.
In the museum, we saw the armor of a Roman centurion.
The centurion carried a short sword and a shield.
be a centurion
centurion 是可数名词，指古罗马军队中统领一百名士兵的军官；复数形式为 centurions。
He was a centurion in the Roman army.
他是罗马军队中的一名百人队队长。
Common mistakes
The centurion is a period of 100 years.The century is a period of 100 years.
centurion 意为“百人队队长”，指古罗马军官；表示“一百年”应用 century，两者词形相似但意思不同。
There were many centurion in the Roman army.There were many centurions in the Roman army.
centurion 是可数名词，复数形式为 centurions；在 many 后必须用复数，中文没有名词复数变化，容易漏加 -s。
Connections
Collocations
- Roman centurion
- 罗马百夫长
- A Roman centurion commanded a century of soldiers.一名罗马百夫长指挥一支百人队。
- become a centurion
- 成为百夫长
- After years of loyal service, he became a centurion.经过多年的忠诚服役，他成为了一名百夫长。
- under a centurion
- 在百夫长手下
- The recruits trained under a centurion known for strict discipline.新兵在一名以纪律严明著称的百夫长手下训练。
- centurion and his men
- 百夫长和他的士兵
- A centurion and his men guarded the city gate.一位百夫长和他的士兵守卫着城门。
Confusing words
- century
- 世纪；一百年 · centurion 指古罗马统领一百名士兵的军官，而 century 指一百年的时间段。二者都含 cent-（百），但一个指人，一个指时间，不能互换。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
centurion 里的 cent 就像‘一百’，联想成带领一百名士兵的队长。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：历史文献、军事史、古典学、古罗马题材影视或文学 centurion 通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在历史、军事或古典学相关文本中；日常口语里不常用。
Grammar Note
特指古罗马军队的百人队队长，非现代军衔。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with centurion /senˈtjuəriən/. century and cent share the initial spelling 'cent' but are pronounced /sent/ (or /ˈsentʃəri/), not /ˈtjuə/. criterion ends in '-erion' but is pronounced /kraɪˈtɪəriən/. curious and during contain a similar /jʊə/ sound, yet their stress falls on the first syllable, so none is a true rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.