🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

时代

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shídài

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Epoch/ˈiː.pɒk/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"文艺复兴时代是文化的转折点。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A particular period of time in history or a person's life.

    "The Renaissance was an epoch of great cultural change and achievement."
  2. 2

    In geology, a subdivision of a period in the geological time scale.

    "The Pleistocene epoch is known for its ice ages."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'epoch' originates from the Greek word 'epokhē', meaning 'a fixed point in time'. It entered the English language in the late 16th century, evolving to denote significant periods in history or geology.

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