epoch
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++e·poch /ˈiːpɒk $ ˈepək/ noun [countable] SHa period of history 时代，纪元 SYN era the Victorian epoch 维多利亚时代 The king’s death marked the end of an epoch. 这位国王的去世标志着一个时代的结束。 the beginning of a new epoch 新纪元的开始► see thesaurus at period
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epoch• People stand out likewise, in so far as their work marks an epoch or sums up an historical episode.• Already that seemed a distant epoch.• Universal concepts denote phenomena which are presumed to occur universally, regardless of historical epoch or type of society.• I have, in my mind, retold my life, epoch by epoch.• The Russian Revolution marked the beginning of a new epoch in history.• Their own tingling flesh convinced them that a whole new epoch in history was beginning and they were already living in it.• Evolutionary psychologists say that there are human universals which were laid down in the pleistocene epoch.• They are slaves to the prejudices of the epoch in which they were written.• This epoch was to pass, after Adams's presidency, into similar backgrounds and were very closely interrelated.Origin epoch (1600-1700) Medieval Latin epocha, from Greek epoche “ending, fixed point”, from epechein “to stop for a time, hold back”e·poch nounChineseSyllable
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epoch
e‧poch /ˈiːpɒk $ ˈepək/
noun [countable]
SYN era:
the Victorian epoch
The king’s death marked the end of an epoch.
the beginning of a new epoch
■ a period in history
▪period a particular time in history, especially one studied as a subject: the late Victorian period | the interwar period | During that period many people moved from the countryside to the towns.
▪time a period of years, months, days etc: The 1960s were a time of great social change. | the biggest earthquake in modern times | Verdun was an important city in Roman times.
▪age a long period, especially one that represents a particular stage in the development of civilization or technology: the industrial age | We are now in the age of the Internet. | the Stone Age (=when people used tools made of stone)
▪era a long period that has a particular character or that is marked by particular events: We live in an era of breathtaking change. | the post-war era | De Gaulle’s death marked the end of an era.
▪epoch /ˈiːpɒk $ ˈepək/ formal means the same as era, but sounds more formal and important: We are now entering a new epoch in human history. | the colonial epoch | It was the end of an epoch.
e‧poch /ˈiːpɒk $ ˈepək/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: epocha, from Greek epoche 'ending, fixed point', from epechein 'to stop for a time, hold back'
a period of history Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: epocha, from Greek epoche 'ending, fixed point', from epechein 'to stop for a time, hold back'
SYN era:
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