chronology
chronology
[krəˈnɒlədʒi]
(pl. -ies)
[mass noun]
chronologist
noun
语源
[krəˈnɒlədʒi]
(pl. -ies)
[mass noun]
- the study of historical records to establish the dates of past events
年代学
■the arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence
（事件，日期）按先后次序的排列
the novel abandons the conventions of normal chronology.
这部小说放弃了正常的以情节发生先后次序为安排的这一传统方式。
[count noun]a diary recording a chronology of events.
一本按事件发生先后顺序记录的日记。
■[count noun]a table or document displaying such an arrangement
年表
chronologist
noun
语源
- late 16th cent.: from modern Latin chronologia, from Greek khronos 'time' + -logia (see -logy)
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