century/ˋsɛntʃərI; ˈsentʃəri/n [C] plural centuries a period of 100 years, used especially in dates 世纪﹔一百年: the 13th/19th/21st etc century The church was built in the 13th century (=it was built between 1200 and 1299). 这座教堂建于 13 世纪。life at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century) 世纪初的生活