period1/ˋpIrIəd; ˈpIəriəd/n [C]1 a length of time 一段时间﹔时期: +of a period of six weeks 六个星期的时间the period from Christmas until New Year 从圣诞节到新年的这段时间We’ve been studying the Civil War period. 我们最近在学内战时期这段历史。2 the flow of blood that comes from a woman's body each month 月经3 AmE the mark (.) used in a piece of writing to show the end of a sentence or an abbreviation [ full stop BrE 【英】]【美】句号4 one of the equal parts that the school day is divided into [ lesson BrE 【英】] 课时﹐一节(课): The first period on Tuesday is history. 星期二的第一节课是历史。
period2adj period costume/furniture clothes or furniture in the style of a particular time in history 具有特定历史时期风格的服装/家具