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bicentenary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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bi·cen·te·na·ry /ˌbaɪsenˈtiːnəri $ -ˈtenəri, -ˈsentəneri/ noun (plural bicentenaries) [countable]  especially British EnglishTMC the day or year exactly 200 years after an important event 二百周年(纪念) centenarybicentenary of the bicentenary of Mozart’s death 莫扎特逝世二百周年纪念bicentenary adjective [only before noun]
Examples from the Corpus
bicentenaryBut there is one part of the Region which claims 1993 as its bicentenary.It was the bicentenary of the discovery of the first asteroid.Lyte - whose bicentenary it is on 1st June, this year - was also a fanatical bookman.
bi·cen·te·na·ry nounChineseSyllable
or after the day exactly an years Corpus year 200


bicentenary
bicentenary /ˌbaɪsenˈtiːnəri $ -ˈtenəri, -ˈsentəneri/ noun (plural bicentenaries) [countable]
especially British English the day or year exactly 200 years after an important event ⇨ centenary
    bicentenary of
    the bicentenary of Mozart’s death
—bicentenary adjective [only before noun]


bi·cen·ten·aryBrE /ˌbaɪsenˈtiːnəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbaɪsenˈtenəri/ 🔊 noun (
plural
bi·cen·ten·aries
)
(BrE) (especially NAmE bi·cen·ten·nial)
the year, or the day, when you celebrate an important event that happened exactly 200 years earlier * 200 周年;200 周年纪念日 bi·cen·ten·ary adjective [only before noun] bicentenary celebrations200 周年庆典