century
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A12,003rd most heard wordIn 56 of 2278 videos (2%)heard 90 timeslast on Oct 15, 2026
- n. a period of 100 years
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- 2:01In the early twentieth century, baffled doctors observed that the tumors of some cancer patients shrank when they got virus infections like influenza or measles, which makes perfect sense if we understand how both work.在二十世纪初，困惑的医生们观察到，一些癌症患者在感染了流感或麻疹等病毒后，肿瘤竟然缩小了。如果我们了解这两者的运作机制，这其实完全说得通。This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method
- 5:39But after centuries of continued excavation, a series of accidents at the mine indicate the structure is becoming dangerously unstable.但在经过几个世纪的持续挖掘后，矿井发生的一系列事故表明，其结构正变得极其不稳定。Inside the Chilean Mine Rescue (Full Episode) | Witness to Disaster | National Geographic
- 4:54So ever since the mid 20th century, the idea of a detonation engine has been super interesting to engineers because it could propel jets or rockets multiple times the speed of sound, and it's not entirely theoretical.因此，自二十世纪中叶以来，爆轰发动机的概念一直令工程师们着迷，因为它能使喷气机或火箭达到数倍音速，而且这并非完全是理论上的设想。4 Things We Can Learn From Explosions
- 2:19Now, everyone who's had the misfortune of eating a red delicious apple knows red pigments exist in nature, and humans have been using some of them for centuries, if not millennia, in paintings, textiles, and ceramics.现在，任何有幸吃过红元帅苹果的人都知道，自然界中存在红色素，人类几个世纪甚至几千年来一直在绘画、纺织品和陶瓷中使用它们。Why the Perfect Red Is Impossible to Make
- 25:12The original word "fan" was first used about Americans in the early 20th century.“fan”这个词最初是在20世纪初用来形容美国人的。BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Language 4' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!
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