eon
noun /ˈiːən/, /ˈiːɒn/
/ˈiːən/, /ˈiːɑːn/
(North American English or specialist) (British English usually aeon)
- (formal) an extremely long period of time; thousands of years
极漫长的时间；千万年 - Only yesterday—and it seemed eons ago, not just a few hours—he had been a happily married man.
昨天他还是个婚姻美满的人，但那好像是上辈子的事了，而不是才过去几小时。
- Only yesterday—and it seemed eons ago, not just a few hours—he had been a happily married man.
- (geology
地质学 宙（地质学上的年代分期，下分代） - eons of geological history
数以亿万年计的地质史
- eons of geological history