eon

n. 永世, 万古

发音

CA /ˈi.ɑn/
US /ˈi.ɑn/
AU
CA /ˈeɪ.ɑn/
US /ˈeɪ.ɑn/
UK /ˈiː.ən/
UK /ˈiː.ɒn/
UK /ˈeɪ.ɒn/

词形变化

eons 复数 eons

别名

aeon æon

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Eternity, the duration of the universe.

  2. 2.

    An immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.

  3. 3.

    A long period of time.

    美国 非正式

    It’s been eons since we last saw each other.

  4. 4.

    A period of one billion (short scale, i.e. 1,000,000,000) years.

    天文 地质
  5. 5.

    The longest geochronologic unit, being a period of hundreds of millions of years; subdivided into eras.

    宙

    地质
  6. 6.

    A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.

    宗教

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

aeon

上位词 5

years age geological time geologic time long time

部分词 1

era

相关短语

light eon RDS-EON

词源

From Latin aeon, from Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn, “age, era”).

来源：wiktionary