C

C1, c /siː/ noun (plural C’s, c’s) [countableC, uncountableU]

1. SLAthe third letter of the English alphabet 英语字母表的第三个字母

2. APMthe first note in the musical scale of C major, or the musical key based on this note C音〔C大调音阶的第一音〕；C 调

3. RESULT/GRADEa mark given to a student’s work to show that it is of average quality C级，丙级，丙等〔表示学业成绩中等〕

4. HMthe number 100 in the system of roman numerals 〔罗马数字〕100

Examples from the Corpus

C• Terry got a C in algebra.

1 the written abbreviation of Celsius or Centigrade / Centigrade 或 Celsius 的书面缩写，摄氏温度

Water boils at 100°C.

水在100摄氏度沸腾。

2 written informal a way of writing ‘see’, used especially in emails and text messages see的一种写法〔尤用于电子邮件和短信〕

CU (=see you) in class!

上课见！

c (also c.)

1 (also C) the written abbreviation of century / century 的书面缩写，世纪

the economic changes of the C20th

20世纪的经济变化

2 APPROXIMATELYa written abbreviation of circa (=about), used especially before dates / circa 的书面缩写，大约，左右〔尤用于日期前〕

c. 1830

约1830年

4. American EnglishAmE the written abbreviation of cup, used in cooking / cup 的书面缩写，杯〔用于烹调计量〕

the written abbreviation of copyright / copyright 的书面缩写，版权

→ c

From Longman Business Dictionary

written abbreviation for CENTIME

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