核心畫面
You can think of a period as a stretch of time marked off with a clear start and a clear end — a segment cut out of the ongoing flow of time. Almost everything else is a version of that bounded stretch: a chapter of history, a monthly cycle, a class slot, a block of a game; even the mark and the adjective trace back to 'a marked-off stretch' or 'the dot that closes one off'.
period 可以想成「一段被框起來、有清楚頭尾的時間」——從不停流動的時間裡切下來的一截。後面幾乎所有用法都是這「…更多收起
period 可以想成「一段被框起來、有清楚頭尾的時間」——從不停流動的時間裡切下來的一截。後面幾乎所有用法都是這「被框起來的一段」的變形：歷史的一章、每月一次的週期、一節課、比賽的一段；連那個句點、那個形容詞，也都回扣到「劃定一段」或「畫下句點把它收掉」的畫面。原始詞典資料27 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
periodnoun/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/
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A length of time.
- There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
- You'll be on probation for a six-month period.
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A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
- Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
- With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.
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The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- ‘You know, a period? The black spot at the end of a sentence — what do you call them over there?’
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A decisive end to something; a stop.
- 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.
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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.
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Female menstruation; an episode of this.
- When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.
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Female menstruation; an episode of this.
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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.
另外 12 個記錄的用法
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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.
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hobbiesice-hockeylifestyleEach of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
- Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
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hobbiesice-hockeylifestyleOne or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
- They won in the first overtime period.
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obsoletemedicinesciencesThe length of time for a disease to run its course.
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archaicAn end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc.
- 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 […]
- And if my death might make this island happy, And prove the period of their tyranny, I would expend it with all willingness:
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A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
- Periods are beautiful when they are not too long.
- that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have understanding.
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obsoleteA specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
- The Death of Patroclus was the most eminent Period; and consequently the most proper Time for such Games.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA row in the periodic table of the elements.
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geographygeologynatural-sciencesA 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.
- Fossils are particularly well described from the Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and have been found in the USA, England, Russia, Lebanon and Germany. Sites such as Lyme Regis in Dorset have particularly yielded number of Jurassic “squid” ink sacs and nodules (Doguzhaeva et al. 2004).
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biologygeneticsmedicineA 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.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicTwo phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
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mathematicssciencesThe length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
periodadj/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/
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Designating anything from a given historical era.
- a period car
- a period TV commercial
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Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
- a period piece
- As the guests arrived — there were about a hundred, a majority in period attire — I began to feel out of place in my beige summer suit, white shirt, and red necktie. Then I got over it. I certainly didn't suffer from Confederate-uniform envy.
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Menstrual.
- period pains
- period blood
periodintj/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/
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That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.
- I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!
- I'm the GOAT, point blank period!
periodverb/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/
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obsoleteTo come to a period; to conclude.
- For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied.
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obsoleterareTo put an end to.
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To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。