ae·on
noun/ˈiːən/, /ˈiːɒn/
/ˈiːən/, /ˈiːɑːn/
(British English) (North American English or specialist eon)
- (formal) an extremely long period of time; thousands of years
极漫长的时间；千万年 - Only yesterday—and it seemed aeons ago, not just a few hours—he had been a happily married man.
就在昨天——似乎是很久以前，而不是几个小时之前——他还是一个幸福的已婚男人。
- Only yesterday—and it seemed aeons ago, not just a few hours—he had been a happily married man.
- (geology) a major division of time, divided into eras
宙（地质学上的年代分期，下分代） - aeons of geological history
数以亿万年计的地质史 - These hills have been worn down over aeons of geological time.
这些山丘经过漫长的地质时期已经侵蚀得很厉害。
- aeons of geological history
Word Originmid 17th cent.: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek aiōn ‘age’.