单词 | period |
释义 | period /'pxanad; 'pinad/ n [C] 1 length or portion of time marked off by events that recur, eg hours, days, months and years, fixed by events in nature: 一段时间 (如时、日、月、年等); 周期: 20 teaching a week; 一星期授课二十节; a lesson ~ of 45 minutes. 四十五分钟的一商课。 2 portion of time in the life of a person, a nation, a stage of civilization, etc; division of geological time: 时代; 时期; (地质) 纪: the ~ of the French Revolution. 法国大革命时期。 The actors will wear costumes of the ~ / ~ costumes, ie of the time when the events of the play took place. 演员们将穿着剧中时代的服装。 The house is 18th century and has ~ furniture, ie ofMhe same century. 那屋子是十八世纪的,而且也有那时代的家具。 3 full pause at the end of a sentence; full stop (.) marking this in writing and print: 一句话结束时的完全停顿; 句点 () (一个句子结束时的标点): put a — to sth, bring it to an end. 结束某事物。 → App S. 参看附录九。 4 (gram) complete sentence or statement, usu complex; (pl) rhetorical or flowery language. (文法) 完全句 (通常为复句); (复) 矫饰或华美的言词。 5 time during which a disease runs its course; stage in the course of a disease: (疾病的) 期; 时期; (疾病进行的) 阶段: the ~ of incubation, the time during which it is latent. 潜伏期。 6 (astron) time taken to complete one revolution. (天文) 周期; 运转一周的时间。 7 occurrence of menstruation. 月经期。 |
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