millennium
noun [ C ] uk/mɪˈlen.i.əm/ us/mɪˈlen.i.əm/ millennia or millenniums
C2 一千年，千周年;千周年纪念日
a period of 1,000 years, or the time when a period of 1,000 years ends
The corpse had lain preserved in the soil for almost two millennia. 那具尸体在地下保存了近两千年。
Compare: century
the millennium （2000年初）千禧新年
the beginning of a new millennium in the year 2000
How did you celebrate the millennium? 你们是怎么庆祝新千年的？
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- The book is a history of the last two millennia.
- Imagine what the world will be like at the end of the next millennium.