chronology

C2

n. 年代学, 资料按年月次序的排列, 按时间顺序编制的表格, 年表

发音

UK /kɹəˈnɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
其它
US /kɹəˈnɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/

词形变化

chronologies 复数 chronologies

别名

chronol.

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    The science of determining the order in which events occurred.

    年表

    不可数 可数
  2. 2.

    An arrangement of events into chronological order; called a timeline when involving graphical elements.

    可数 不可数

    The film's chronology is not entirely obvious, but can be worked out by the clothes the characters are wearing in the scenes.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

arts humanities liberal arts written record

下位词 2

timeline glottochronology

词源

From chrono- (“relating to time”) + -logy (“study of, account of”), after New Latin chronologia from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + λόγος (lógos, “reason, explanation”). Literally "time reason" in Modern Greek.

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