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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++e·on /ˈiːən/ noun [countable]  x-refanother spelling of aeon aeon的另一种拼法
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eonTourism, one can safely say, is at least an eon away.Before they had met, both aged six, Finch seemed to have lived alone for eons.Moreover, some of these polymorphisms are astonishingly ancient; they have persisted for geological eons.Look under, look at the bottom of the list of eon.The ice destroyed the drainage pattern of eons.But there was a sombre shadow of familiarity to it and after subjective eons of frustration, intuition struck her.Mind or intelligence had not been involved; those eons were empty of all that touched the emotions.Well at the, at the end of the list of words that we translate eon for example.
Origin eon (1600-1700) Latin Greek aion age
e·on nounChineseSyllable
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eon
eon /ˈiːən/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: Greek aion 'age'
another spelling of aeon


eon (especially NAmE) (BrE usually aeon) BrE /ˈiːən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈiːən/ 🔊 noun(formal) an extremely long period of time; thousands of years 极漫长的时间;千万年(geology 地质学) a major division of time, divided into eras 宙(地质学上的年代分期,下分代)eons of geological history数以亿万年计的地质史