epoch

[US]/ˈiːpɒk/
[UK]/ˈepək/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 纪元, 时期, 时代
Word Forms
复数epochs

Phrases & Collocations

a new epoch

一个新纪元

historical epoch

历史时期

epoch-making discovery

开创性发现

pleistocene epoch

更新世

holocene epoch

全新世

miocene epoch

[地质]中新世

glacial epoch

[地]冰川期;冰河时期

Example Sentences

the President's epoch-making trip to China; epoch-making new technologies; an epoch-making architectural work.

总统划时代的中国之行;开创新纪元的新科技;划时代的建筑工程

We're at the end of the historical epoch, and at the dawn of another.

我们正处在一个历史时代的末期, 另一个历史时代的开端。

The chemical match was not yet in existence;at that epoch the Fumade steel represented progress.

当时还没有化学火柴,代表那个时代的进步的是菲玛德打火机。

Even if in the Tang era of the feudal epoch, the Emperor Tangtaizong had a expostulation liegeman who named Weizheng beside him.He would not make the Emperor Tangtaizong in the shade.

即便是在封建时代的唐朝,唐太宗身边还有一个谏臣魏征,魏征的存在不会使唐明皇失色,正是他们和所有那个时代的大家构成了盛唐之音的辉煌。

In the northwest of China, auriferous altered cataclasite, adular-sericite quartz vein and quartz reef types are present, and metallogenetic epoch is mainly Hercynian period.

西北部地区主要有蚀变碎裂岩型、冰长石-绢云母石英脉型和石英脉型等,成矿时代主要为海西期;

Real-world Examples

A child's first sight of a reddleman was an epoch in his life.

一个孩子第一次亲眼看见红土贩子,会是他一生中难忘的日子。

Source: Returning Home

The glacial epoch is over, so why is there ice everywhere?

冰川纪过去了,为什么到处都是冰凌?

Source: Selected Literary Poems

We do not choose our historical epoch, the country of our birth, or the immediate circumstances of our upbringing.

无法选择出生的历史时期与国家,或是成长的周遭环境。

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

Humanity's impact has been so strong that scientists say a new geological epoch began then.

人类的影响如此之大,以至于科学家说,一个新的地质时代从此开始了。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

The scientists call it the Anthropocene epoch.

科学家称之为“人类世”。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

Sounds like you and the word " epoch" have a lot of catching up to do.

听起来你和 “纪元” 这个词要好好叙叙旧。

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

This epoch started sometime between 1950 and 1954, the scientists say.

科学家表示,这个时代开始于1950年到1954年之间的某个时候。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

Theories vary in explaining what happened to the great predators of the Jurassic epoch.

解释侏罗纪时期了不起的掠食者消亡的理论各异。

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

The Anthropocene epoch shows the power — and hubris — of humankind, several scientists said.

一些科学家表示,人类世显示了人类的力量和傲慢。

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

Geologists measure time in eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages, with eons being the longest.

地质学家用宙、代、纪、世和期来衡量时间,宙是最长的。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

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