Centigrade
Centigrade — noun
1. a method of measuring how hot or cold something is, where zero marks the tempera
a method of measuring how hot or cold something is, where zero marks the temperature at which water turns to ice and one hundred marks the temperature at which water turns to steam, widely used in most of the world
The weather forecaster announced that the afternoon high would be thirty-two degrees Centigrade.
collocation: degrees + Centigrade
In class, the lab technician set the water bath to sixty degrees Centigrade.
pattern: number + degrees + Centigrade
Most ovens sold in Europe show the temperature in Centigrade rather than Fahrenheit.
Dr. Nakamura recorded a summer temperature of forty-three degrees Centigrade in the research station.
- Celsius
the official scientific name for the same scale; more common in academic and formal writing
- Fahrenheit
a different temperature scale used mainly in the United States, where water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°
文法句型
number + degrees + Centigrade
in + Centigrade
用法筆記
When stating a specific temperature, the pattern 'number + degrees + Centigrade' is standard (e.g. '25 degrees Centigrade'). In everyday speech, 'degrees' is sometimes dropped in contexts like 'It's 30° today.'
常見錯誤
Centigrade — adjective
- Centigradepositive
- more Centigradecomparative
- most Centigradesuperlative
1. measured or shown using a temperature system where zero is the point at which wa
measured or shown using a temperature system where zero is the point at which water becomes ice and one hundred is the point at which water becomes steam
The chemistry teacher handed each student a centigrade thermometer for the boiling-point experiment.
collocation: centigrade thermometer
This digital oven has both centigrade and Fahrenheit settings on its control panel.
collocation: centigrade setting
A centigrade reading of thirty-eight degrees means the patient has a mild fever.
Chef García prefers using a centigrade oven because the numbers are easier to remember.
- Celsius
the preferred term in scientific and formal contexts; functionally identical
文法句型
centigrade + noun
用法筆記
Centigrade is an attributive adjective only — it appears before the noun it modifies ('a centigrade thermometer') and cannot be used predicatively (❌ 'This thermometer is centigrade'). Use the noun form instead: 'This thermometer uses Centigrade.'