"circa" 怎么发音

word

US

ˈsɝkə

SUR-kuh

UK

sˈɜːkɐ

SUR-kuh

释义

'Circa' is a formal or academic word used before dates to show that something happened around that year, not exactly. It means 'about' or 'approximately.'

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈsɝkə

英式英语

sˈɜːkɐ

简化发音

美式

SUR-kuh

英式

SUR-kuh

语境中听

The city was built circa 1200.

The painting is from circa 1500.

This document was written circa 1850.

Historians think the sculpture dates to circa 400 BCE.