epoch

英 [ˈiːpɒk]

美 [ˈepək]

n.  时代; 纪元; 时期; 世(地质年代，纪下分世)

复数：epochs　

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牛津词典

noun

• 时代；纪元；时期
  a period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen
  1. The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history.
     皇帝驾崩标志着该国历史上一个时代的结束。
• 世（地质年代，纪下分世）
  a length of time which is a division of a period
  1. geological epochs
     地质世

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 时代;纪元
  If you refer to a long period of time as anepoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it.
  1. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.
     基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。
• N-COUNT （地质中的）世，纪，期
  Anepochis a very long period of time in the earth's development, marked by particular physical or biological characteristics.
  1. Two main glacial epochs affected both areas during the last 100 million years of Precambrian times.
     在前寒武纪的最后1亿年中，两个主要的冰川时期对两个地区都产生了影响。

英英释义

noun

• a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages
• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  Synonym:era
• (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded
  Synonym:date of reference

双语例句

• The Russian revolution accomplished by you has prepared the way and opened a new epoch.
  你们完成的这场俄国革命已经为新时代铺平了道路。
• We are entering upon a new epoch in the history of civilization.
  我们正进入（人类）文明史上的新纪元。
• Einstein's theory marked a new epoch in mathematics.
  爱因斯坦理论开创了数学的新纪元。
• It would mark a new era; it would make an epoch.
  这将标志一个新的纪元，这将创造一个新的时代。
• Is this the will, the identity of this Chinese epoch?
  这就是中国时代的愿望、中国时代的特征吗？
• His theory marked a new epoch in mathematics.
  他的学说标志着数学上的新纪元。
• The curtain was rung up on a new epoch in our history.
  我国历史上一个新纪元的序幕揭开了。
• As the idea transformed in modern times, humanism has got a new epoch meaning.
  由于中国近代思想变革的原由，人性观念也获得了新的时代意义。
• From these laws, we can see clearly of the advancements of our epoch and our society.
  从社会保障政策的演变，我们看到了社会的发展和时代的进步。
• As millions were entombed, an epoch began that affected the entire world.
  随着数几百万人被埋葬，一个影响整个世界的时代开始了。