epoch
epoch 英 [ˈi:pɒk] 美 [ˈepək]
n. [地质] 世；新纪元；新时代；时间上的一点
名词复数:epochs
- An epoch is a period of time marked by certain characteristics: you might describe several peaceful decades in a nation's history as an epoch of peace.
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- n. [地质] 世；新纪元；新时代；时间上的一点
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1. Others feel that the new epoch is upon us and we should come to terms with its implications for the planet.
其他委员认为新的世纪即将到来，我们应该把它应用在处理人与地球关系上。
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2. If we have indeed entered a new epoch, then when exactly did it begin? When did human impacts rise to the level of geologic significance?
如果我们确实迈进了新的世，那么是什么时候开始的，什么时候人类的影响会达到地质学重要意义的程度？
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3. That’s what the place looked like at some remote epoch.
这是这个地方在某个久远的时代的样子。
- epoch (n.) 1610s, epocha, "point marking the start of a new period in time" (such as the founding of Rome, the birth of Christ, the Hegira), from Medieval Latin epocha, from Greek epokhe "stoppage, fixed point of time," from epekhein "to pause, take up a position," from epi "on" (see epi-) + ekhein "to hold" (from PIE root *segh- "to hold"). Transferred sense of "a period of time" is 1620s; geological usage (not a precise measurement) is from 1802.
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