duodecade

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A period of twelve years.
    — Each Chinese New Year during a "Jupiter return"—when a duodecade has passed and the Chinese zodiac animal of your birth year comes back around—it is expected that you find some red underwear to put on for the special occasion.
  2. A period of two decades, a period of 20 years. nonstandard
    — When I divide the past sixty years, 1706-65, into twenty-year periods, [I discover that] in the first duodecade, 702 people died, that is, an average of 35 a year. In the second period to 1745, 850, or 42i/$ each year, perished.

词形变化

duodecades plural dodecade alternative duodecades plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Late Latin duodecas (“twelve”), from Ancient Greek δυωδεκάς (duōdekás, “twelve”). Equivalent to duodec- + -ade.
词源 2
From duo- + decade.
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