epoch

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

Translation

n. 紀元, 時期, 時代
Word Forms
複數epochs

Phrases & Collocations

a new epoch

一個新紀元

historical epoch

歷史時期

epoch-making discovery

開創性發現

pleistocene epoch

更新世

holocene epoch

全新世

miocene epoch

[地質]中新世

glacial epoch

[地]冰川期;冰河時期

Example Sentences

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

總統劃時代的中國之行;開創新紀元的新科技;劃時代的建築工程

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

我們正處在一個歷史時代的末期, 另一個歷史時代的開端。

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

當時還沒有化學火柴,代表那個時代的進步的是菲瑪德打火機。

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.

即便是在封建時代的唐朝,唐太宗身邊還有一個諫臣魏徵,魏徵的存在不會使唐明皇失色,正是他們和所有那個時代的大家構成了盛唐之音的輝煌。

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.

西北部地區主要有蝕變碎裂巖型、冰長石-絹雲母石英脈型和石英脈型等,成礦時代主要爲海西期;

Real-world Examples

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

一個孩子第一次親眼看見紅土販子,會是他一生中難忘的日子。

Source: Returning Home

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

冰川紀過去了,爲什麼到處都是冰凌?

Source: Selected Literary Poems

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

無法選擇出生的歷史時期與國家,或是成長的周遭環境。

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

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

人類的影響如此之大,以至於科學家說,一個新的地質時代從此開始了。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

The scientists call it the Anthropocene epoch.

科學家稱之爲“人類世”。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

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

聽起來你和 “紀元” 這個詞要好好敘敘舊。

Source: Rick and Morty Season 3 (Bilingual)

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

科學家表示,這個時代開始於1950年到1954年之間的某個時候。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

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

解釋侏羅紀時期了不起的掠食者消亡的理論各異。

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

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

一些科學家表示,人類世顯示了人類的力量和傲慢。

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

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

地質學家用宙、代、紀、世和期來衡量時間,宙是最長的。

Source: VOA Special July 2023 Collection

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