| 词汇 | eon |
| 释义 | eon noun[ C ] (also mainly UKaeon)uk /ˈiː.ɒn/ us /ˈiː.ɑːn/ a period of time that is so long that it cannot be measured: 极长的时期;万古 Across the eons, religion has provided structure in human lives. informalI've been waiting eons for my new computer.我等新电脑等了好长时间了。 physics, geology specialized a period of time of one thousand million years: Scientists guessed that this might be a volcanic rock that had remained unaltered for eons. geology specialized the longest period of time in which the history of the earth is measured, which can be divided into eras: The first eon was the Hadean, starting with the formation of the Earth and lasting over 600 million years until the Archean eon. Compare epoch era Complex chemical interactions between body and mind that evolved eons ago may drive us to eat whenever possible. The couple have been married for 20 years - that's eons in Hollywood terms. The crater was gouged out of the dry landscape eons earlier by a meteorite impact. The Proterozoic is a geological eon spanning the time from the appearance of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere to just before the proliferation of complex life. Long periods of time -athon a long haulidiom aeon age be in something for the long haulidiom donkey epoch era eternity for days, weeks, months, years, etc. for eternity forever and a dayidiom good haul long long-stay month not in a month of Sundaysidiom time yonks You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Geology - general words Astronomy Prehistory Examples of eoneon I whole-heartedly endorse shepard's view that over the long eons of evolution, certain psychologically significant universals have become internalized by veridicality. The various geological periods or ' eons ' are shown in capitals. The recognition of these four rather clearly distinct eons might be considered as prima facie evidence in favour of a hard-step model with n=4. Our genetic structure is the result of eons of evolutionary modification. Moreover, whereas speech and sign communication emerged within human social interaction over many eons, the same evolutionary communicative history would not apply to lexigrams. This makes a total of four eons, which group into two pairs each comprising about half of terrestrial history. The logic governing clinical trials of drugs emerged only in the twentieth century, after eons of the use of medications on only the flimsiest empirical basis. Endolithic organisms are being studied to better understand how early life might have faired on earth several eons ago and where it might be found elsewhere in the universe. But why the public should have these eons of boredom inflicted upon them is beyond me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The microorganisms would be frozen in the comets at interstellar temperatures of a few kelvins and protected from radiation for eons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The review placed blame on the novel's unwieldy cast of characters, tapestry of intertwining subplots and eon-spanning backstory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In these shut-ins the river cascades in many rivulets over and around igneous rocks worn smooth over many eons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Eons of geologic activity followed, as the ocean slowly closed and the underlying rock uplifted and folded. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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