Iron Age

短语

铁器时代

发音

UK /ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/
其它

词形变化

the Iron Age

别名

iron age

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.

    铁器时代

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  2. 2.

    An age characterized by the use of iron.

  3. 3.

    A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100 BC)

    铁器时代

词源

From iron + age, in the mythological sense a calque of Latin saecula ferrea, aetas ferrea; in the archaeological sense a calque of Danish jernalder.

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