epoch
noun[C]
uk/ˈiː.pɒk/us/ˈep.ək/pluralepochsalongperiodoftime,especiallyone in which there are newdevelopmentsandgreatchange:
(尤指出现新进步和大变革的)时代,纪元,时期Thepresidentsaid that hiscountrywasmovinginto a new epoch, which would be one oflastingpeace.总统称他的国家正在步入一个长治久安的新时代。
geologyspecialized
one of theperiodsoftimein which thehistoryof theearthcan bemeasured, into which aneracan bedivided:
Scientistsdiscoveredremainsofwoollymammothsand mastodonsbelievedto be from thePleistoceneepoch, more than 10,000yearsago.
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- "Whatmarksourepoch," he says, "is themovementofpeoplearound theworld."
- Mostmodernjournalismfallsshortof thegreatpolemicists of other epochs.
- Thanks tomoderntechnologya new epoch hasbegun.
- Popularcultureand agrowingnumberofscientistsuse theterm"Anthropocene" tolabelthe epoch in which we arecurrentlyliving.
- The Holocene is the mostrecentof the twogeologicalepochs of the Quaternaryperiod.
Long periods of time
- -athon
- a long haulidiom
- aeon
- age
- be insomethingfor the long haulidiom
- donkey
- donkey's yearsidiom
- eon
- era
- eternity
- forever
- forever and a dayidiom
- good
- haul
- long
- long-stay
- month
- not in a month of Sundaysidiom
- time
- yonks
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