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 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。
• 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。
• The first flight into space marked a new epoch in the history of mankind.
  第一次太空飞行标志著人类历史中的新的历史时期。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This has ushered in a new epoch in the history of the Chinese revolution.
  这在中国革命史上开辟了一个新纪元。