period
时间
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- : a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany.
- : any specified division or portion of time: poetry of the period from 1603 to 1660.
- : a round of time or series of years by which time is measured.
- : a round of time marked by the recurrence of some phenomenon or occupied by some recurring process or action.
- : the point of completion of a round of time or of the time during which something lasts or happens.
- : Education. a specific length of time during school hours that a student spends in a classroom, laboratory, etc., or has free.
- : any of the parts of equal length into which a game is divided.
- : the time during which something runs its course.
- : the present time.
- : the point or character used to mark the end of a declarative sentence, indicate an abbreviation, etc.; full stop.
- : a full pause, as is made at the end of a complete sentence; full stop.
- : a sentence, especially a well-balanced, impressive sentence: the stately periods of Churchill.
- : a periodic sentence.
- : an occurrence of menstruation.
- : a time of the month during which menstruation occurs.
- : Geology. the basic unit of geologic time, during which a standard rock system is formed: comprising two or more epochs and included with other periods in an era.
- : Physics. the duration of one complete cycle of a wave or oscillation; the reciprocal of the frequency.
- : Music. a division of a composition, usually a passage of eight or sixteen measures, complete or satisfactory in itself, commonly consisting of two or more contrasted or complementary phrases ending with a conclusive cadence; sentence.
- : Astronomy. Also called period of rotation .the time in which a body rotates once on its axis.Also called period of revolution .the time in which a planet or satellite revolves once about its primary.
- : Mathematics. See under periodic.
- : Classical Prosody. a group of two or more cola.
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- : noting, pertaining to, evocative of, imitating, or representing a historical period or the styles current during a specific period of history: period costumes; a period play.
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- : : I forbid you to go, period.
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There is no requirement that the names of geological periods correspond to the contents of their strata.
This data goes back to mid July for this chart but you can run it for a longer period of time if you’re curious.
Wearables revenue was up 23% year on year in the second quarter of 2020, while iPhone revenue dropped 7% for the same period.
At the moment, the database encompasses some 1,300 cases, stretching over a period that begins in 1982.
Overall, Eastern Europe accounted for 12% of global cryptocurrency activity in the period.
Unlike the Soviet Union at a certain period in history, the Russian economy does not hold a candle to that of the United States.
The detectives are still at it, seeking to account for a period of time when Brinsley may well have paused to sit somewhere.
The idea that January 1st initiates a period of new beginning is not a flash of Hallmark brilliance.
The FCC investigation recently closed its comment period on the Marriott case.
Neither could her three-week, multi-thousand dollar stay, which was supposed to be a recovery period.
The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
She did her work at a most interesting period in Dutch painting.
(p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.
At this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.