C

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

1. SLAthe third letter of the English alphabet 英語字母表的第三個字母

2. APMthe first note in the musical scale of C major, or the musical key based on this note C音〔C大調音階的第一音〕；C 調

3. RESULT/GRADEa mark given to a student’s work to show that it is of average quality C級，丙級，丙等〔表示學業成績中等〕

4. HMthe number 100 in the system of roman numerals 〔羅馬數字〕100

Examples from the Corpus

C• Terry got a C in algebra.

1 the written abbreviation of Celsius or Centigrade / Centigrade 或 Celsius 的書面縮寫，攝氏溫度

Water boils at 100°C.

水在100攝氏度沸騰。

2 written informal a way of writing ‘see’, used especially in emails and text messages see的一種寫法〔尤用於電子郵件和短信〕

CU (=see you) in class!

上課見！

c (also c.)

1 (also C) the written abbreviation of century / century 的書面縮寫，世紀

the economic changes of the C20th

20世紀的經濟變化

2 APPROXIMATELYa written abbreviation of circa (=about), used especially before dates / circa 的書面縮寫，大約，左右〔尤用於日期前〕

c. 1830

約1830年

4. American EnglishAmE the written abbreviation of cup, used in cooking / cup 的書面縮寫，杯〔用於烹調計量〕

the written abbreviation of copyright / copyright 的書面縮寫，版權

→ c

From Longman Business Dictionary

written abbreviation for CENTIME

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