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時代 meaning in English

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時代 noun

age [ages](particular period of time in history)
noun
[UK: eɪdʒ] [US: ˈeɪdʒ]

epoch [epochs](particular period of history)
noun
[UK: ˈiː.pɒk] [US: ˈe.pək]

era [eras](time period)
noun
[UK: ˈɪə.rə] [US: ˈe.rə]

period [periods](history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
noun
[UK: ˈpɪə.rɪəd] [US: ˈpɪ.riəd]

時代廣場 proper noun

Times Square(wide intersection in New York City)
proper noun

時代的標誌 noun

sign of the times(symbol of an era)
noun
[UK: saɪn əv ðə ˈtaɪmz] [US: ˈsaɪn əv ðə ˈtaɪmz]

時代精神 noun

zeitgeist [zeitgeists](the spirit of the age)
noun
[UK: tˈsaɪt.ˌɡaɪst] [US: tˈsaɪt.ˌɡaɪst]

不合時代 adjective

anachronistic(erroneous in date)
adjective
[UK: ə.ˌnæ.krə.ˈnɪ.stɪk] [US: ə.ˌnæ.krə.ˈnɪ.stɪk]

中古時代 proper noun

Middle Ages(historical period)
proper noun
[UK: ˈmɪd.l̩ ˈeɪ.dʒɪz] [US: ˈmɪd.l̩ ˈeɪ.dʒəz]

中石器時代 noun

Mesolithic(Mesolithic period)
noun
[UK: ˌme.zə.ˈlɪ.θɪk] [US: ˌme.zə.ˈlɪ.θɪk]

伊麗莎白時代adjective

Elizabethan(pertaining to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, monarch of England and Ireland; or to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, monarch of the United Kingdom)
adjective
[UK: ɪ.ˌlɪ.zə.ˈbiːθ.n̩] [US: ˌe.ˌlɪ.zə.ˈbiːθ.n̩]

信息時代 proper noun

Information Age(current era)
proper noun

啟蒙時代 proper noun

Age of Enlightenment(period of history)
proper noun

Enlightenment(17th- and 18th-century philosophical movement)
proper noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈlaɪtn.mənt] [US: ɪn.ˈlaɪ.tən.mənt]

太空時代 noun

space age(current historical period which started with the launch of the Sputnik)
noun
[UK: speɪs eɪdʒ] [US: ˈspeɪs ˈeɪdʒ]

戰國時代 proper noun

Warring States(era in ancient Chinese history)
proper noun

新石器時代 proper noun

Neolithic(the New Stone Age)
proper noun
[UK: ˌniːə.ˈlɪ.θɪk] [US: ˌniːə.ˈlɪ.θɪk]

新石器時代adjective

Neolithic(of or relating to the New Stone Age)
adjective
[UK: ˌniːə.ˈlɪ.θɪk] [US: ˌniːə.ˈlɪ.θɪk]

明治時代 proper noun

Meiji period(45-year reign of emperor Meiji)
proper noun

核子時代 proper noun

Atomic Age(era during which nuclear energy was developed)
proper noun
[UK: ə.ˈtɒ.mɪk eɪdʒ] [US: ə.ˈtɑː.mɪk ˈeɪdʒ]

石器時代 proper noun

Stone Age(prehistoric period)
proper noun
[UK: ˈstəʊn.ˈeɪdʒ] [US: ˈstəʊn.ˈeɪdʒ]

時代用的 adjective

makeshift(made to work or suffice)
adjective
[UK: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft] [US: ˈmeɪk.ʃɪft]

西部時代 proper noun

Old West(western part of the United States)
proper noun

鐵器時代 proper noun

Iron Age(archaeology)
proper noun
[UK: ˈaɪən eɪdʒ] [US: ˈaɪərn ˈeɪdʒ]

青銅時代 proper noun

Bronze Age(archaeology)
proper noun
[UK: brɒnz eɪdʒ] [US: ˈbrɑːnz ˈeɪdʒ]

黃金時代 noun

golden age(time of progress and achievement)
noun
[UK: ˈɡəʊl.dən eɪdʒ] [US: ˈɡoʊl.dən ˈeɪdʒ]