epoch

/'i:pɒk/

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中文翻译

n. 新纪元, 时代, 时期

英文解释

n. (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded

n. a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages

词态变化

复数形式:epochs

常见例句

An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX

It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.

A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a

the study of the geography of ancient times or ancient epochs

a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch

今日更新

更新时间：2025-07-31 09:15:40

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