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- epoch ['iːpɑk]
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n
a point in time beginning a new or distinctive period
- the invention of nuclear weapons marked an epoch in the history of warfare
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n
a long period of time marked by some predominant or typical characteristic; era
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n
[astronomy]
a precise date to which information, such as coordinates, relating to a celestial body is referred
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n
[geology]
a unit of geological time within a period during which a series of rocks is formed
- the Pleistocene epoch
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n
[physics]
the displacement of an oscillating or vibrating body at zero time
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[Etymology]
C17: from New Latin epocha, from Greek epokh
e cessation; related to ekhein to hold, have
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a point in time beginning a new or distinctive period
Examples
- The first earth satellite marked a new epoch in the study of the universe.
- 第一个地球卫星标志了宇宙研究的新纪元。 → epoch
- an epoch of social revolution
- 社会革命的新时代 → epoch
- the Eocene Epoch
- 始新世 → epoch
- the invention of nuclear weapons marked an epoch in the history of warfare → epoch
- the Pleistocene epoch → epoch
- 划时代的创作
- epoch-making creative work → 创作
- 物理学方面一个划时代的发现
- an epoch-making discovery in physics → 发现
- 具有划时代的意义
- have epoch-making significance → 划时代
- 划时代的宣言
- a declaration that is a landmark in history; an epoch-making declaration → 划时代
- 开创新纪元
- usher in a new epoch; open a new era → 新纪元
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