The older name for the Celsius temperature scale — the one where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100. Centigrade and Celsius mean exactly the same numbers; only the name changed.

The older name for the Celsius temperature scaleCentigrade是Celsius攝氏溫標的舊稱——the one where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100也就是水在0度結冰、100度沸騰的那個溫標。Centigrade and Celsius mean exactly the same numbersCentigrade跟Celsius指的數字完全一樣；only the name changed只是名字換了。

Scientists officially agreed to say Celsius in 1948, partly because centigrade already meant something else in French measuring, so today you will hear Celsius on the news and in schoolbooks. But centigrade never died: older British and Australian speakers still say it naturally, and you will find it printed in old textbooks and on old ovens.

Scientists officially agreed to say Celsius in 1948科學家在1948年正式決定改用Celsius這個名字，partly because centigrade already meant something else in French measuring部分原因是centigrade這個字在法國度量系統裡已經有別的意思，so today you will hear Celsius on the news and in schoolbooks所以現在新聞和課本上聽到的都是Celsius。But centigrade never died不過centigrade並沒有消失：older British and Australian speakers still say it naturally年紀較大的英國和澳洲人還是很自然地在用，and you will find it printed in old textbooks and on old ovens你也會在舊課本和舊烤箱上看到它。

It is used as a noun ("twenty degrees centigrade") and as an adjective ("a centigrade scale"). Americans in daily life use neither — they use Fahrenheit.

It is used as a noun它可以當名詞用，"twenty degrees centigrade"二十度攝氏，and as an adjective也可以當形容詞，"a centigrade scale"攝氏刻度的意思。Americans in daily life use neither美國人日常生活兩種都不太用——they use Fahrenheit他們用的是Fahrenheit華氏。