16c., from twenty + -th (1), replacing Middle English twentithe, from Old English twentigoða. The Twentieth Century Limited was an express train from New York to Chicago 1902-1967.
双语例句
1. Some have called him the greatest entertainer of the twentieth century.
有人曾称他为20世纪最伟大的艺人。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The rogue male is not a twentieth-century phenomenon.
男性不安分守己并非20世纪特有的现象。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.
十九次失败,直到第二十次才获成功,这就是坚持.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary giants.
