Celsius: [19] The notion of a temperature scale based on 100 was developed by the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–44) (he originally had water boiling at zero and freezing at 100º, but this was later reversed). His name began to be used to designate the scale in English around the middle of the 19th century. In popular parlance it has usually taken a back seat to centigrade (a French invention, first recorded in English in 1812), but it remains the preferred term in scientific usage.
Celsius
1850, for Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701-1744) inventor of the centigrade scale in 1742.
双语例句
1. The star's surface temperature is reckoned to be minus 75 degrees Celsius.
这颗恒星的表面温度估计在零下75摄氏度左右。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The thermometer shows the temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
4. Night temperatures can drop below 15 degrees Celsius.
夜间气温会降到15摄氏度以下。
来自柯林斯例句
5. It will be a mild night, around nine degrees Celsius.
晚间天气温和，温度约九摄氏度。
来自《权威词典》
英英释意
1. Swedish astronomer who devised the centigrade thermometer (1701-1744)
考试真题
Then there is Antarctic's remoteness, with some mineral deposits found in windswept locations on a continent that is larger than Europe and where winter temperatures hover around minus 55 degrees Celsius.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文
During the Arctic winter from October to March, the average temperature in the frozen north typically hovers around minus 20degrees Celsius.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B
实用场景例句
The star's surface temperature is reckoned to be minus 75 degrees Celsius.
这颗恒星的表面温度估计在零下75摄氏度左右。
柯林斯例句
The thermometer shows the temperature in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
