英语词汇turn of the century的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	turn of the century
词源	turn of the century. The expression has been around since the turn of the 19th century, which was midnight December 31, 1900. Contrary to popular belief, the last turn of the century did not fall on midnight, December 31, 1999. The next turn of the century was midnight, December 31, 2000. Midnight De- cember 31, 1999 was only the beginning of the last year of the old century.
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