an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence; an incident or period considered in isolation (一系列事件中的)一个事件,一组事件;独立事件(或时期) one of the saddest episodes in the history of the army. 军队历史上最令人伤心的事件之一。 ■each of the separate instalments into which a serialized story or radio or television programme is divided (连载小说中的)一节;(广播或电视连续剧的)一集 ■a finite period in which someone is affected by a specified illness (某疾病的)发作期 acute psychotic episodes. 一次次急性精神病发作期。 ■(Music)a passage containing distinct material or introducing a new subject (乐)插句,插段,插部 ■a section between two choric songs in Greek tragedy (希腊悲剧中)两段合唱之间的部分
语源
late 17th cent. (denoting a section between two choric songs in Greek tragedy): from Greek epeisodion, neuter of epeisodios 'coming in besides', from epi 'in addition' + eisodos 'entry' (from eis 'into' + hodos 'way')