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Epoch N Count Long Period Time 英[ˈi:Pɒk 美[ˈepək N.纪元;时期;新时代;世

单词 epoch
音标
英[ˈi:pɒk] 美[ˈepək]
解释
n.纪元;时期;新时代;世;
例句

N-COUNT
时代;纪元
If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it.
例: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
An epoch is a very long period of time in the earth's development, marked by particular physical or biological characteristics.
例: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。
变形
pl:epochs~

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