1630s, from Modern Latin millennium, from Latin mille "thousand" (see million) + annus "year" (see annual); formed on analogy of biennium, triennium, etc. For vowel change, see biennial. First in English in sense of "1,000-year period of Christ's anticipated rule on Earth" (Rev. xx:1-5). Sense of "any 1,000-year period" first recorded 1711. Meaning "the year 2000" attested from 1970.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. the second millennium AD
公元第二個(gè)千年
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. He lived long enough to see in the new millennium.
他活到了新千年.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.
全世界都在倒計(jì)時(shí)迎接新千年的到來(lái).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Acupuncture was practised in China as long ago as the third millennium BC.
中國(guó)早在公元前3,000年就已開(kāi)始采用針灸療法。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.