centimeter
centimeter — 名詞
1. A metric unit for measuring length. One hundred centimeters equal one meter; a s
公分
公制長度單位，一公尺的百分之一
A metric unit for measuring length. One hundred centimeters equal one meter; a single centimeter is about the width of a fingertip.
Greta measured the gap under the door and found it was two centimeters wide.
Greta 測量了門下方的縫隙，發現它有兩公分寬。
measurement pattern: [number] centimeters + adjective (wide/long/deep)
The wooden board is exactly one hundred centimeters long.
那塊木板的長度正好是一百公分。
exactly + measurement for precision
Heavy snow fell all night; by morning it lay fifteen centimeters deep.
大雪下了一整夜；到了早上，積雪有十五公分深。
Dr. Okafor checked the cut and said it was just three centimeters across.
Okafor 醫生檢查了傷口，說傷口只有三公分寬。
Ryo's plant grew nearly five centimeters in only one week.
Ryo 的植物僅僅一週就長了將近五公分。
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the written abbreviation; use 'centimeter' in full sentences and 'cm' with numbers in technical writing