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

• Einstein's theory marked a new epoch in mathematics.
  爱因斯坦理论开创了数学的新纪元。
• This epoch describes humans'dominance of biological, chemical and geological processes on Earth.
  这个纪元描绘了人类对地球的生物、化学和地质过程的支配能力。
• 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。
• As the new century has arrived, people are stepping into a knowledge economy epoch.
  随着人类进入新世纪，便迎来了知识经济时代。
• The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.
  文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代。
• The October Revolution opened up a new epoch in world history.
  十月革命打开了世界历史的新纪元。
• This theology reveals the convictions and reflections of a late epoch in Israel's religious and historical development.
  这揭示了神学信念与思考后时代在以色列的宗教和历史的发展。
• The Revolution had many of these men, proportioned to the epoch.
  革命时期有过许多那样的人，都和那时代相称。
• 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。
• The type of culture and society developed by a particular nation or region or in a particular epoch.
  一个特定国家、地区或在一个特定时期中发展的文化和社会类型。