era
US: /ˈɛɹə/, /ˈɪɹə/
UK: /ˈiəɹɐ/
UK: /ˈiəɹɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
era /'iərə/
- danh từ
- thời đại, kỷ nguyên
- Christian era: công nguyên
- (địa lý,địa chất) đại
- mesozoic era: đại trung sinh
- thời đại, kỷ nguyên
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a period of time, usually in history, that is different from other periods because of particular characteristics or events: the Victorian / modern / post-war era + When she left the firm, it was the end of an era (= things were different after that). + a new era of peace
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
age, period, time(s), day(s), epoch, stage; generation, cycle, date:
They lived in an era of peace.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
golden, great
the golden era of radio
| new | present | modern | bygone, past, previous
The room had the elegance of a bygone era.
| post-imperial, post-war | Edwardian, Victorian, etc. | Clinton, Thatcher, etc. | Christian, Common
the early centuries of the Christian/Common Era
VERB + ERA
usher in
The fall of the Berlin Wall ushered in a whole new era.
| enter, move into
The country has entered an era of high unemployment.
ERA + VERB
begin | end
PREP.
during/in an/the ~
We live in an era of religious uncertainty.
| into ~
a practice that has survived into the present era
| ~ in
a new era in the history of art
PHRASES
the beginning/dawn/dawning of a (new) era, be on the threshold of a new era, the end of an era
Concise English dictionary
eras'ɪərə
noun
+a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
+a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods
+(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
