centimetre

Definitions

centi- (hundredth) + metre (the metric unit) = one hundredth of a metre. Here -metre is the unit of length, not a measuring instrument. (AmE spelling: centimeter.)

Common Collocations

• 1.a few centimetres几厘米
• 2.centimetre by centimetre一厘米一厘米地
• 3.square centimetre平方厘米

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The screw is just two centimetres long.

• 2.

  Cut the paper into ten-centimetre squares.