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sesquicentennial

/ses-kwi-sen-ten-ee-uhl/US // ˌsɛs kwɪ sɛnˈtɛn i əl //UK // (ˌsɛskwɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl) //

七十周年,十周年纪念,七十周年纪念,十周年

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a 150th anniversary or its celebration.

Examples

  • Cedar Point had to postpone its sesquicentennial celebration till its 151st birthday, and Hersheypark has finally put the finishing touches on the 23-acre expansion of Hershey’s Chocolatetown, which opened last July.

  • Many of us have tired of the blizzard of histories marking the sesquicentennial of the first years of the American Civil War.

  • The ongoing sesquicentennial celebration has only redoubled that flood of new material and public fascination with the war.

  • It was on the engine at the time of the Carlisle sesquicentennial but disappeared by the time of the St. Louis exposition.