| 单词 | aeon |
| 释义 | aeon (once / 14646 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY aeon: aeons USAGE EXAMPLESOr perhaps you spent many aeons creating a civilisation worthy of song? The Guardian(Dec 14, 2016) “Poor teeth, I knew, beget not just shame but more poorness,” writes Sarah Smarsh in her 2014 Aeon essay on class and dental hygiene. The Guardian(Nov 23, 2016) The dullness of a death in life, frozen through aeons in a test tube! The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) 1 1n the longest division of geological time Syn|Exp|Hyper eon Phanerozoic aeon the period from about 5,400 million years ago until the present Precambrian periodthe eon following the Hadean time and preceding the Phanerozoic eon; from about 3,800 million years ago until 544 million years ago Proterozoic aeonfrom 2,500 to 544 million years ago; bacteria and fungi; primitive multicellular organisms Archaeozoic aeonthe time from 3,800 million years to 2,500 million years ago; earth's crust formed; unicellular organisms are earliest forms of life Priscoan aeonthe earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800 million years ago); no evidence of life geologic time, geological time the time of the physical formation and development of the earth (especially prior to human history) 2n an immeasurably long period of time 2Syn|Hyper eon age, long time, years a prolonged period of time n (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe Syn|Hyper eon spiritual being, supernatural being an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events |
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