epoch: [17] Historically, epoch means ‘point in time’, but its particular application to ‘point marking the beginning of a new period of time’ has led increasingly to its use in modern English for simply ‘historical period’. The word comes via modern Latin epocha from Greek epokhé, literally ‘pause, stoppage’, and hence ‘fixed point in time’. This was a derivative of epékhein ‘pause, hold back’, a compound verb formed from the prefix epí- ‘back’ and ékhein ‘hold’ (source of English hectic and related to scheme and sketch). => hectic, scheme, sketch
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" (see scheme (n.)). Transferred sense of "a period of time" is 1620s; geological usage (not a precise measurement) is from 1802.
实用例句
1. It was meant to sound like an epoch-making declaration.
有意让它听起来像是一个划时代的宣言。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自《权威词典》
3. The Renaissance was an epoch of unparalleled cultural achievement.
文艺复兴是一个文化上取得空前成就的时代.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. The epoch of revolution creates great figures.
革命时代造就伟大的人物.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5. We're at the end of the historical epoch, and at the dawn of another.
