era /ˈɪrə, ˈɛrə, ˈirə/
時代,紀元,時期
E·ra n.; pl. Eras
1. A fixed point of time, usually an epoch, from which a series of years is reckoned.
The foundation of Solomon's temple is conjectured by Ideler to have been an era. --R. S. Poole.
2. A period of time reckoned from some particular date or epoch; a succession of years dating from some important event; as, the era of Alexander; the era of Christ, or the Christian era (see under Christian).
The first century of our era. --M. Arnold.
3. A period of time in which a new order of things prevails; a signal stage of history; an epoch.
Painting may truly be said to have opened the new era of culture. --J. A. Symonds.
Syn: -- Epoch; time; date; period; age; dispensation. See Epoch.
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era
n 1: a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a
fixed point or event [syn: epoch]
2: a major division of geological time; an era is usually
divided into two or more periods [syn: geological era]