e.ter.ni.ty
n.(名词)
【复数】 e.ter.ni.ties
Time without beginning or end; infinite time.
永恒:无开端或结尾的时间;无限的时间
The state or quality of being eternal.
不朽:永恒的状态或性质
The timeless state following death.
永生
The afterlife; immortality.
来世;永存
A very long or seemingly endless time:
漫长的时间:一段漫长或似乎无终止的时间:
例句:
waited in the dentist`s office for an eternity.
在牙医的办公室里无休止的等待
来源:
Middle English eternite
中古英语 eternite
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin aeternit3s
源自 拉丁语 aeternit3s
from aeternus [eternal] * see eternal
源自 aeternus [永恒,永远,永存] *参见 eternal