- 1nA2/ˈsentəˌmiːtər/ · /ˈsentəˌmiːtə/公分
A unit for measuring length, equal to one hundredth of a metre.
示範例句 · Example
Mei measured the paper: it was twenty-one centimetres wide.
逐字美量了那張紙：它寬二十一公分。
「centimetre」是公制裡量長度的單位，台灣最常說「公分」；一百公分等於一公尺。英式拼 centimetre，美式寫 centimeter，意思一樣，縮寫都是 cm。核心畫面可以想成「尺上很短的一小格」——比 metre（公尺）短很多，比 millimetre（公釐）長一點。常見說法：five centimetres long（五公分長）、a one-centimetre gap（一公分的縫隙）、cubic centimetre（立方公分）。
常見搭配
… centimetres long / wide / tall
長／寬／高…公分
having that length, width, or height in centimetres
The bookmark is fifteen centimetres long.
a one-centimetre / two-centimetre gap
一公分／兩公分的縫隙
a small space of that width in centimetres
There is a one-centimetre gap under the door.
cubic centimetre
立方公分
a volume one centimetre on each side (often written cc or cm³)
The tiny box holds about fifty cubic centimetres of sand.
grow / rise … centimetres
長高／增加…公分
become taller or longer by that number of centimetres
Leo's hair grew two centimetres over the summer.
just under a centimetre
不到一公分／略小於一公分
a little less than one centimetre
The insect was just under a centimetre long.
in centimetres
用公分（來量／來寫）
using centimetres as the unit of measure
Please write your height in centimetres, not in inches.
意思相近
centimetercm
core核心畫面
The word is built out of its own answer: centi- (a hundredth) + metre. Picture a metre stick cut into a hundred equal marks — one of those small marks is a centimetre, about the width of your little .
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以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
centimetrenoun/ˈsɛn.tɪ.miː.tə/
- 1
metrologyAn SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
- Holonyms: decimetre < metre < kilometre < megametre < gigametre < terametre < petametre
- Meronyms: picometre < nanometre < micrometre < millimetre
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