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单词 eon
释义
eon
noun[C]
(also mainlyUKaeon)
uk
/ˈiː.ɒn/us
/ˈiː.ɑːn/
aperiodoftimethat is solongthat it cannot bemeasured:
极长的时期；万古
Across the eons,religionhasprovidedstructureinhumanlives.
informalI've beenwaitingeons for my newcomputer.我等新电脑等了好长时间了。
physics,geologyspecialized
aperiodoftimeof one thousand millionyears:
Scientistsguessedthat this might be avolcanicrockthat hadremainedunaltered for eons.
geologyspecialized
thelongestperiodoftimein which thehistoryof theearthismeasured, which can bedividedintoeras:
The first eon was the Hadean,startingwith theformationof theEarthandlastingover 600 millionyearsuntil the Archean eon.
Compare
epoch
era
More examples
  • Complexchemicalinteractionsbetweenbodyandmindthatevolvedeons ago maydriveus toeatwheneverpossible.
  • Thecouplehave beenmarriedfor 20years- that's eons inHollywoodterms.
  • Thecraterwasgougedout of thedrylandscapeeonsearlierby ameteoriteimpact.
  • The Proterozoic is ageologicaleonspanningthetimefrom theappearanceofoxygenin Earth'satmosphereto just before theproliferationofcomplexlife.
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  • donkey's yearsidiom
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(Definition ofeonfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
eon
noun[C]
(also mainlyUKaeon)
uk
/ˈiː.ɒn/us
/ˈiː.ɑːn/
aperiodoftimethat is solongthat it cannot bemeasured
极长的时期；万古
informalI've beenwaitingeons for my newcomputer.我等新电脑等了好长时间了。

Examplesofeon

eon
I whole-heartedly endorse shepard's view that over the long eons of evolution, certain psychologically significant universals have become internalized by veridicality.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The various geological periods or ' eons ' are shown in capitals.
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The recognition of these four rather clearly distinct eons might be considered as prima facie evidence in favour of a hard-step model with n=4.
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Our genetic structure is the result of eons of evolutionary modification.
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Moreover, whereas speech and sign communication emerged within human social interaction over many eons, the same evolutionary communicative history would not apply to lexigrams.
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This makes a total of four eons, which group into two pairs each comprising about half of terrestrial history.
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The logic governing clinical trials of drugs emerged only in the twentieth century, after eons of the use of medications on only the flimsiest empirical basis.
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Endolithic organisms are being studied to better understand how early life might have faired on earth several eons ago and where it might be found elsewhere in the universe.
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But why the public should have these eons of boredom inflicted upon them is beyond me.
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The microorganisms would be frozen in the comets at interstellar temperatures of a few kelvins and protected from radiation for eons.
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The review placed blame on the novel's unwieldy cast of characters, tapestry of intertwining subplots andeon-spanning backstory.
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In these shut-ins the river cascades in many rivulets over and around igneous rocks worn smooth over many eons.
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Eons of geologic activity followed, as the ocean slowly closed and the underlying rock uplifted and folded.
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