epochs是什么意思？

epochs

時代

例句

• It covers three epochs. 它经历了3个时期.
• Great men, like great epochs, are explosive material in whom tremendous energy has been accumulated. 象伟大的时代一样,伟人是火药, 在他身上聚积着极大的能量.
• Cubism , Abstractionism, and Pop art have all been epochs in the postrealistic era. 立体派 、 抽象派以及通俗派艺术都是出现在后现实主义时期内的重要事件.
• Two main glacial epochs affected both areas during the last 100 million years of Precambrian times. 在前寒武纪的最后1亿年中，两个主要的冰川时期对两个地区都产生了影响。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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  时代;纪元
  If you refer to a long period of time as an epoch, you mean that important events or great changes took place during it.
  例句
  The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history. 基督诞生是世界历史上一个重要纪元的开端。
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  （地质中的）世，纪，期
  An epoch is a very long period of time in the earth's development, marked by particular physical or biological characteristics.
  例句
  Two main glacial epochs affected both areas during the last 100 million years of Precambrian times. 在前寒武纪的最后1亿年中，两个主要的冰川时期对两个地区都产生了影响。