centimetre

centimetre — noun

1. a standard unit for measuring short lengths. A centimetre is about as wide as an

1.名詞A2
釋義

a standard unit for measuring short lengths. A centimetre is about as wide as an adult fingernail, and one hundred of them add up to one metre.

例句

The bookshelf Jin built was exactly ninety centimetres wide, fitting perfectly into the alcove.

centimetres wide — common pattern for object dimensions

Every morning, Beatrix measures the plant stems and records their height in centimetres.

in centimetres — pattern with units of measurement

文法句型

centimetre(s) + adjective (long/wide/tall/deep/thick)

number + centimetre(s)

in + centimetres

用法筆記

The American English spelling is 'centimeter' (without the second 'e'). The standard abbreviation is 'cm' — with no period after it (e.g. '5 cm', not '5 cm.'). Always use a space between the number and the abbreviation.

常見錯誤

❌The table is 120 cms wide.
✅The table is 120 cm wide.
💡The abbreviation 'cm' never takes a plural 's'; it stays the same for any number.
❌I ran 100 centimetres.' (when you mean 100 metres).
✅I ran 100 metres.
💡centimetre and metre are easy to confuse; one centimetre is only 1/100 of a metre.