| 单词 | epoch |
| 释义 | epoch (iːpɒk , US epək ) Word forms: epochs 1. countable noun If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it. The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history. Synonyms: era, time, age, period 2. countable noun [usually supplement NOUN] An epoch is a very long period of time in the earth's development, marked by particular physical or biological characteristics. [technical] Two main glacial epochs affected both areas during the last 100 million years of Precambrian times. Collocations: different epoch The recent financial crash has shaken things up, and we are moving into a different epoch, which will have new artistic heroes. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Arriving in the village was not merely to land on a different continent but to inhabit a different epoch. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It was a different epoch in art. Times, Sunday Times (2012) A new epoch, the new civilization, was about to be born. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Here is a thought for when the bells ring in 2014: we are teetering on the edge of a new epoch. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Their colleagues alive now want to declare the new epoch to raise awareness. The Sun (2012) This is the significance of this new epoch. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We need a new idea for a new epoch. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Translations: Chinese: 时代 Japanese: 時代画期的な |
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