16c., from twenty + -th (1), replacing Middle English twentithe, from Old English twentigoea. The Twentieth Century Limited was an express train from New York to Chicago 1902-1967.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Some have called him the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century.
有人曾稱他為20世紀(jì)最偉大的藝人。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The rogue male is not a twentieth-century phenomenon.
男性不安分守己并非20世紀(jì)特有的現(xiàn)象。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失敗,直到第二十次才獲成功,這就是堅(jiān)持.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary giants.