era

英 [ˈɪərə]

美 [ˈɪrə]

n.  时代; 年代; 纪元; 代(地质年代，宙下分代)

复数：eras　

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牛津词典

noun

• 时代；年代；纪元
  a period of time, usually in history, that is different from other periods because of particular characteristics or events
  1. the Victorian/modern/post-war era
     维多利亚 / 当今 / 战后时代
  2. When she left the firm, it was the end of an era (= things were different after that) .
     她离开公司后，一个时代结束了（后来的情况就大不一样了）。
• 代（地质年代，宙下分代）
  a length of time which is a division of an aeon

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 时代；年代；时期
  You can refer to a period of history or a long period of time as anerawhen you want to draw attention to a particular feature or quality that it has.
  1. ...the nuclear era...
     核时代
  2. ...the Reagan-Bush era...
     里根-布什时期
  3. It was an era of austerity.
     那是个艰苦的年代。

英英释义

noun

• a major division of geological time
  Synonym:geological era
• a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  Synonym:epoch

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