period

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/|/ˈpɪə.ɹɪ.əd/    美 /ˈpɪɚ.i.əd/|/ˈpɪɹ.i.əd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A length of time.
    — There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
  2. A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
    — Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
  3. The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation). Canada,Philippines,US
    — ‘You know, a period? The black spot at the end of a sentence — what do you call them over there?’
  4. A decisive end to something; a stop. figuratively
    — My sufferings, physical and mental, are more than I can bear, and when such small arrangements as I have to make for your future well-being are completed it is my intention to put a period to them.
  5. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
  6. Female menstruation; an episode of this. euphemistic
    — When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.
  7. Female menstruation; an episode of this.; The set of symptoms associated with menstruation, even if not accompanied by menstruation; an episode of these symptoms. euphemistic
  8. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
    — This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
  9. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
    — I have math class in second period.
  10. Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
    — Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
  11. One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
    — They won in the first overtime period.
  12. The length of time for a disease to run its course. obsolete
  13. An end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc. archaic
    — As thus all gazed on hir, so she glaunced hir lookes on all, surueying them as curiously, as they noted hir exactly, but at last she set downe her period on the face of Alexis […]
  14. A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. rhetoric
    — Periods are beautiful when they are not too long.
  15. A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. obsolete
    — The Death of Patroclus was the most eminent Period; and consequently the most proper Time for such Games.
  16. A row in the periodic table of the elements.
  17. A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
    — These fossils are from the Jurassic period.
  18. A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
    — Polyclonal antibodies were prepared against the period gene product, which influences biological rhythms in D. melanogaster, by using small synthetic peptides from the per sequence as immunogens.
  19. Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
  20. The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
动词 v.
  1. To come to a period; to conclude. intransitive,obsolete
    — For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied.
  2. To put an end to. obsolete,rare,transitive
  3. To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood. colloquial
形容词 adj.
  1. Designating anything from a given historical era. not-comparable
    — a period car
  2. Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery. not-comparable
    — a period piece
  3. Menstrual. not-comparable
    — period pains
感叹词 intj.
  1. That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story. Canada,US
    — I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!

词形变化

periods plural per. alternative,abbreviation per. alternative,abbreviation per. alternative,abbreviation periods present,singular,third-person perioding participle,present perioded participle,past perioded past per. alternative,abbreviation

词汇关系

近义词
duration interval period period of time tide time time interval time period timespan space span stound
反义词
frequency
上位词
chrononym
下位词
second minute hour day night week halfmonth fortnight month quarter trimester semester year biennium triennium quadrennium quinquennium sexennium septennium octennium novennium decade decennium century lifetime millennium geological period uncertain period moment eon interregnum leave of absence tour of duty
衍生词
accounting period Baroque period Classical period closed period common practice period contract period cooling-off period critical period double period eigenperiod foreperiod free period gestation period glacial period grace period grand period of growth gyroperiod half-period Hamilton period honeymoon period hydroperiod incubation period intraperiod Julian period long-period medium-period Meiji period menstrual period menstruation period midperiod modern period multiperiod Nara period nonperiod notice period on one's period operational service period ovulatory period period diaper period doubling period drama periodical periodization periodize periodlike period of time periodogram periodoscope period pain period panties period pants period piece period play period poverty period shits periodt photoperiod Pisano period probationary period Protoliterate period pseudoperiod pseudo-period pseudoperiodic psychological refractory period question period refractory period Romantic period rotational period rotation period scotoperiod semi-period semiperiod short-period short-period comet short period comet sidereal orbital period sidereal period sidereal rotation period Sothic period subperiod sunrise period synodic period that's on period thermoperiod time of pericentre passage time period turned period Uruk period waiting period wash-up period xerothermic period zero period
相关词
periodic periodicity periodicize era

词源

词源 1
From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”).
词源 2
From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”).
词源 3
From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”).
词源 4
From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”).
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