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centimo

/sen-tuh-moh; Spanish then-tee-maw, sen-/US // ˈsɛn təˌmoʊ; Spanish ˈθɛn tiˌmɔ, ˈsɛn- //UK // (ˈsɛntɪˌməʊ) //

百分点,百分百,百年老店,百分之百

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cen·ti·mos [sen-tuh-mohz; Spanish then-tee-maws, sen-]. /ˈsɛn təˌmoʊz; Spanish ˈθɛn tiˌmɔs, ˈsɛn-/.

    • : one 100th of the monetary units of various countries, as Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Paraguay, and Venezuela.

Examples

  • There is no hurry—nor time nor aching vertebr with them count one centimo.

  • Many a centimo would find its way from her pocket to his, and he would think her more motherly than ever.

  • Heaven be praised I have never been in actual want; and Juan knows that he has never in vain asked me to lend him a centimo.

  • Priest and peasant, the great lady and the gentleman who sells one a glass of water for a centimo, brush past each other.

  • Perro Chico, little dog, name given to a five-centimo piece because of the little lion upon it.