aeon
aeon
[ˈiːən]
(美，技亦作eon)
noun
[ˈiːən]
(美，技亦作eon)
noun
- (常作 aeons)an indefinite and very long period of time, especially a period exaggerated for humorous or rhetorical effect
极漫长的时期；万古（尤指为产生幽默或修辞效果而采用的夸张说法）
the shows were made aeons ago.
这出戏是在很久很久以前上演的。
■(Astronomy & Geology)a unit of time equal to a thousand million years
(天文，地质)十亿年， 京年
■(Geology)a major division of geological time, subdivided into eras
(地质)纪
the Precambrian aeon.
前寒武纪。
■(Philosophy)(in Neoplatonism, Platonism, and Gnosticism) a power existing from eternity; an emanation or phase of the supreme deity
(哲)（新柏拉图派哲学、柏拉图派哲学和诺斯替教派）伊涌
- mid 17th cent.: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek aiōn 'age'
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