millennium

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A period of time consisting of one thousand years. countable
    — But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums.
  2. The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000. with-definite-article
    — A huge fireworks display was put on in Sydney to celebrate the millennium.
  3. Any long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday. archaic
    — Near-synonym: utopia
专有名词
  1. The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
    — usher in the millennium
  2. A particular long (and possibly endless) era of universal happiness, peace, and prosperity, predicted by various people to come about someday. archaic
    — Near-synonym: utopia

词形变化

millennia plural millenniums plural millenium alternative,archaic the millennium canonical millenium alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
centimillennium decamillennium light millennium megamillennium millennial millennialism millennially millenniarism millennium bug millennium egg millionennium postmillennium yester-millennium

词源

词源 1
From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).
词源 2
From Late Latin mīllennium, from Latin mīllennis (“1000-year”) + -ium (forming abstract nouns).
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