primary time

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The point in time when something is initiated; the start time. countable,uncountable
    — When primary time is measured from the Earth it reaches bacck into astronomical and chemical history many millions or billions of years: and even then we are not certain that we have measured all of the time that has been spun off this side of the Primary Creation.
  2. Time as directly experienced, as opposed to time as a measured amount, historical time, etc. countable,uncountable
    — But by questioning the nature of primary time, unsuspected aspects of temporality come to the fore. What, Damascius wonders, can primary time be, "if not time's whole presence at once." He notices that "at different moments the present is different, although time per se is one and continuous.
  3. The amount of time in which a pilot is actively controlling the aircraft, excluding time flown while instructing and evaluating. countable,uncountable

词形变化

primary times plural
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary