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复数:epochs
epochal (adj.)
词根:epoch
adj.epochal 划时代的;新纪元的
noun
a distinct or notable period in human history.The invention of the personal computer started a new epoch in information technology.
a memorable date, such as one considered to mark the beginning of a significant division of history.The publication of Darwin's The Origin of Species marked an epoch in the development of the natural sciences.
(cap.) a subdivision of a geologic period.The first animals in the horse family appeared during the Eocene Epoch.
pleistocene epoch更新世
holocene epoch全新世
miocene epoch[地质]中新世
glacial epoch[地]冰川期;冰河时期
这组词都有“时期、时代”的意思,其区别是:
times侧重某一特定时期。
epoch正式用词,侧重指以某重大事件或巨大变化为起点的新的历史时期。
age常指具有显著特征或以某杰出人物命名的历史时代或时期。
era书面语用词,指历史上的纪元、年代,可与epoch和age互换,侧重时期的延续性和整个历程。
period最普通用词,概念广泛,时间长短不限,既可指任何一个历史时期,又可指个人或自然界的一个发展阶段。
以上来源于网络
1610年代, epocha,“标志着时间新时期开始的点”(例如罗马的建立、基督的诞生、开罗迁徙),源自中世纪拉丁语 epocha,来自希腊语 epokhe “停止,固定的时间点”,来自 epekhein “暂停,采取立场”,由 epi “在”(见 epi-)和 ekhein “持有”(源自 PIE 根 *segh- “持有”)组成。转义意义上的“一段时间”是1620年代的; 地质学用法(不是精确的测量)始于1802年。
世
历元
作为时间参考标准的一个特定瞬时。
Medieval Latin epocha, from Greek epochē cessation, fixed point, from epechein to pause, hold back, from epi- + echein to hold — more at scheme >entry 1
The first known use of epoch was in 1614
equalizeverb
to make equal
to make uniformespecially: to distribute evenly
equalitynoun
the quality, fact, or state of being equal
equableadjective
not varying or changingespecially: free from extremes or sudden or harsh changes an equable climate
an equable temper
equableadjective
not varying or changingespecially: free from extremes or sudden or harsh changes an equable climate
an equable temper
epsilonnoun
the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet—Ε or ε
epoxy1 of 2noun
epoxy resin
epoxy2 of 2verb
to glue, fill, or coat with epoxy resin
epochnoun
an event or a time that begins a new period of development
a memorable event, date, or period
a division of geologic time less than a period and greater than an age
1 In a more recent epoch, the writers of Victorian England, fogged over with puritan fears and piqued perhaps by bursts of scientific revelations, contemplated civilization’s fall to plague, beast and Martian.
2 The novel follows five characters in three different historical epochs, who at first seem like the protagonists of separate books.
3 The form transcends its time, and the mores of the moment, while being always grounded in a period or an epoch, a specific moment of engagement.
4 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.
5 Published on the eve of an epoch of terror and repression across South America, it is an unmistakable parable of imperialism: There are natural catastrophes, civil wars, plagues of insomnia.
6 But it is also some of the last undisturbed soil from an earlier epoch.
7 "Donald Trump is the strongest symptom of the hangover America is having now after an epoch of euphoria about its global role and its implementation," the paper said.
8 “Songfest” aims to reflect the American spirit by setting the words of 13 poets from different epochs of American history.
9 The invention of printing marked an epoch in the history of civilization.
印刷术的发明标志著文明史的一个新纪元.
10 Like life, it sometimes skips years, only to land on an evening that feels like an epoch.
11 Any targeted shopping or browsing mission, however, is sure to be derailed in this bazaar of tastes, epochs and disciplines.
12 An optimistic survey of the technology and innovations that define our human-dominated epoch.
13 The biologist Edward O. Wilson has a word for a future epoch following a profound loss of species: “the Eremocine,” or “the Age of Loneliness.”
14 We are in the midst of an epoch that renders quaint the title of Norman Mailer’s 1959 book “Advertisements for Myself.”
15 But the play doesn't stick to one epoch.
16 Anshi's Rebellion is the indication of the new epoch to the poetry.
安史之乱对于诗歌来说,标志着一个新时代的开始.
17 I know – those are old-fashioned virtues, passé in the epoch of the Anthropocene.
18 My older partner had been, in what I thought of vaguely as the epoch of Jacques Tati.
19 The Catholic bishops are brazenly trying to recreate an epoch in which they were ascendant.
20 Certainly I took courage from him when I decided to write a play – ‘Passion Play’ – in three acts and three historical epochs.”