period /'piәriәd/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
• (n.) (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
• (n.) a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed

Chinese translation

• n. 时期, 节段, 节, 句点, 学时, 周期
• a. 当时特有的, 过去某段时期的
• interj. 就是这话, 就是这么回事

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/'piәriәd/

Syllables

3

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 5.21 · Common

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Related words

perimeter · peripheral · periodic · periodically · peril · perish · periphery · perilous

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