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
- : pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
n.名词 noun
- 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.
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