| 釋義 |
epoch /'fcpok US: 'epak; 'epsk/ n (beginning of a) period of time in history, life, etc marked by special events or characteristics: (新)紀元; (歷史，生活等中有特殊事件或特點的)時代： Einstein's theory marked a new ~ in mathematics. 愛因斯坦的學說在數學上開一新紀元。 '~-making, beginning a new ~: 劃時代的; 開新紀元的： an ~-making discovery, eg of America by Columbus. 劃時代的發(fā)現(例如哥倫布之發(fā)現美洲)。 |