deep timen.

Brit.

/ˌdiːp ˈtʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈdip ˈtaɪm/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: deep adj., time n., int., and conj.

Etymology: < deep adj. + time n., int., and conj.

Time in the far distant past or future; spec. time viewed on a geological or cosmological scale rather than the historical scale.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > remote time or distance

mist1701

deep time1832

azure1834

1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. May 406/1 By the one and by the other, who shall compute what effects have been produced, and are still, and into deep Time, producing?

1926 A. MacLeish Streets in Moon 10 Wonder now what ancient bones are these That flake on sifting flake Out of deep time have shelved this shallow ledge.

1981 J. McPhee Basin & Range 127 Charles Lyell..gave Hutton's theory and his sense of deep time their largest advance toward universality.

1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma i. 23 There must be some kind of ancestor struggling toward us, some kind of almost-human thing out there, not in the wilderness of deep time but just beyond the reach of our species' recorded memory.

2000 H. Gee Deep Time 4 What we need is an antidote to the historical approach to the history of life; a kind of ‘anti-history’ that recognises the special properties of Deep Time.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	deep time
释义	deep timen. Brit. /ˌdiːp ˈtʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈdip ˈtaɪm/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: deep adj., time n., int., and conj. Etymology: < deep adj. + time n., int., and conj. Time in the far distant past or future; spec. time viewed on a geological or cosmological scale rather than the historical scale. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > remote time or distance mist1701 deep time1832 azure1834 1832 T. Carlyle in Fraser's Mag. May 406/1 By the one and by the other, who shall compute what effects have been produced, and are still, and into deep Time, producing? 1926 A. MacLeish Streets in Moon 10 Wonder now what ancient bones are these That flake on sifting flake Out of deep time have shelved this shallow ledge. 1981 J. McPhee Basin & Range 127 Charles Lyell..gave Hutton's theory and his sense of deep time their largest advance toward universality. 1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma i. 23 There must be some kind of ancestor struggling toward us, some kind of almost-human thing out there, not in the wilderness of deep time but just beyond the reach of our species' recorded memory. 2000 H. Gee Deep Time 4 What we need is an antidote to the historical approach to the history of life; a kind of ‘anti-history’ that recognises the special properties of Deep Time. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1832
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