millennium
千禧年,千年,纪元
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plural mil·len·ni·ums, mil·len·ni·a [mi-len-ee-uh]. /mɪˈlɛn i ə/.
- : a period of 1,000 years.
- : the millennium, the period of 1,000 years during which Christ will reign on earth. Revelation 20:1–7.
- : a period of general righteousness and happiness, especially in the indefinite future.
- : a thousandth anniversary.
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This step forward in technology might also be a step toward understanding why we need to sleep in the first place—a question that scientists have been trying to answer for millennia.
Valuable “carbon sinks” are lost when ecosystems burn, sometimes irrecoverably — as in the case of Arctic peatlands, which have built up over millennia.
Be sure to explore the savannas and wetlands of the south-central Rupununi region, home to the Macushi people, who have been here for millennia.
The same one that, if you are of a certain age, you might have used to download music illegally at the turn of the millennium.
Earth’s oceans can act somewhat faster to absorb and remove excess carbon, but even that takes millennia and can be overwhelmed, leading to ocean acidification.
Their reward: what is possibly the most infuriating series finale of the new millennium.
And that original score that kicks in as a new-age Millennium Falcon swoops into view is sure to get you going.
Sherlock Holmes is a new millennium sex symbol with books, movies, and TV episodes introducing him to a new generation of fans.
The escalatory ladder is far more terrifying than it was on the eve of the millennium.
The first World Series of the new millennium was an all-New York affair.
Nor does he glow with exalted hopes of a millennium of bliss, or of the beatitudes of a future state.
So far as I know, he never wrote a line that had not to do with "The ."