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epoch

/ˈɛpək/ やや難 頻度 11203位 TOEFL

TOEFL時代・新紀元

意味

  1. 画期的な時代,時期
  2. (歴史上の)新時代,新紀元
  3. 世(せい)(紀(period)の次に小さい単位)

例文

語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Medieval Latin epocha, from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ, “a check, cessation, stop, pause, epoch of a star, i.e., the point at which it seems to halt after reaching the highest, and generally the place of a star; hence, a historical epoch”), from ἐπέχω (epékhō, “to hold in, check”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) + ἔχω (ékhō, “to have, hold”). Doublet of epoche.

出典: Wiktionary「epoch」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

辞書順で近い単語

episodic epitaph epitome equal equality equally