| 单词 | to make an epoch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make an epoch a. The beginning of a ‘new era’ or distinctive period in the history of humankind, a country, an individual, a science, etc. Phrase, to make an epoch. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > [noun] > beginning or end of a period terminusOE springinga1398 topc1440 fresh1566 front1609 skirt1624 epoch1673 turn1697 terminus post quem1834 terminus ante quem1858 α. β. 1823 I. D'Israeli Curiosities of Lit. 2nd Ser. I. 1 Every work which creates an epoch in literature is one of the great monuments of the human mind.1841 R. W. Emerson Spiritual Laws in Ess. 1st Ser. (London ed.) 161 The epochs of our life are not in the visible facts..but in a silent thought by the way-side.1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 280 Luther's Bible makes an epoch in the formation of the German language.1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 55 Men that mark out Epocha's are not born in many revolutions. 1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 415 Botany..from hence boasts a new epocha. 1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 360 The congelation of mercury..must be allowed to form a very curious and important epocha in the history of that metal. 1830 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times (ed. 2) I. 18 A circumstance which the..Irish..considered as forming an epocha. < as lemmas |
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