epoch

noun

/ˈiːpɒk/

/ˈepək/

(formal or literary) a period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen时代；纪元；时期 synonym era
- The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history.皇帝驾崩标志着该国历史上一个时代的结束。
- Welfare reform was an epoch in the history of US social policy.福利改革开辟了美国社会政策史上的一个新时代。
- an epoch of great social change社会大变革的时代
- the importance of the computer in the present epoch计算机在当代的重要性
Topics Timec2, Historyc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- new
- modern
- present
- …
verb + epoch
- mark
preposition
- during an/the epoch
- in an/the epoch
- epoch of
- …
phrases
- the beginning of an epoch
- the end of an epoch
(geology地质学) a length of time that is a division of a period世（地质年代，纪下分世）
- geological epochs地质世
Topics Timec2

词源early 17th cent. (in the Latin form epocha; originally in the general sense of ‘a date from which succeeding years are numbered’): from modern Latin epocha, from Greek epokhē ‘stoppage, fixed point of time’, from epekhein ‘stop, take up a position’, from epi ‘upon, near to’ + ekhein ‘stay, be in a certain state’.

词汇	epoch
释义	epoch noun /ˈiːpɒk/ /ˈepək/ (formal or literary) a period of time in history, especially one during which important events or changes happen时代；纪元；时期 synonym era The death of the emperor marked the end of an epoch in the country's history.皇帝驾崩标志着该国历史上一个时代的结束。 Welfare reform was an epoch in the history of US social policy.福利改革开辟了美国社会政策史上的一个新时代。 an epoch of great social change社会大变革的时代 the importance of the computer in the present epoch计算机在当代的重要性 Topics Timec2, Historyc2 Collocations Dictionaryadjective new modern present … verb + epoch mark preposition during an/the epoch in an/the epoch epoch of … phrases the beginning of an epoch the end of an epoch (geology地质学) a length of time that is a division of a period世（地质年代，纪下分世） geological epochs地质世 Topics Timec2 词源early 17th cent. (in the Latin form epocha; originally in the general sense of ‘a date from which succeeding years are numbered’): from modern Latin epocha, from Greek epokhē ‘stoppage, fixed point of time’, from epekhein ‘stop, take up a position’, from epi ‘upon, near to’ + ekhein ‘stay, be in a certain state’.
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