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aeon

/ee-uhn, ee-on/US // ˈi ən, ˈi ɒn //UK // (ˈiːən, ˈiːɒn) //

永旺,永恒,永生,永明

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of a class of powers or beings conceived as emanating from the Supreme Being and performing various functions in the operations of the universe.
    • : eon.

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Examples

  • In a January piece in Aeon Magazine, science writer Philip Ball identifies the dangers of “instrument-worship” among scientists.

  • After what seemed an aeon, they saw that it was daylight outside.

  • Don't you remember what happened to the passengers of the Aeon, when that steamer was wrecked on Christmas Island?

  • The Mesozoic time certainly terminated with the Cretaceous, and what follows belongs to a distinct aeon.

  • He himself hopes along with his followers to live to see the decisive turn of things, the dawn of the new and better aeon.

  • Given such a culture-hero, the common herd was capable of carrying on more or less mechanically for an aeon or so.