| 释义 |
‖ centime|sɑ̃tim|
[Fr.:—OF. centisme, centiesme:—L. centēsimus hundredth: see centesm.]
A French coin of the value of 1/100 of a franc.
1801Dupré Neolog. Fr. Dict. 42 A piece of five centimes is equal to a sou. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris 99 A centime, or the tenth part of a halfpenny. 1868Miss Mulock in Macm. Mag. No. 103. 44/2 Champagne at four francs fifty centimes the bottle.
b. transf. Any coin whose value is 1/100 of that of the standard.
1866Howells Venet. Life vi. 79 The soldo being the centime of the florin. |
