English Dictionary

Iron Age

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʌɪən eɪdʒ/

固有名詞

(mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior. / An age characterized by the use of iron.

日本語の意味

鉄器時代（鉄を主に使用する時代） / 神話上、人間の古い時代のうち、最も堕落・退廃した時代（悪徳の時代）

In Hesiod's account, humanity’s moral decline culminated in the Iron Age, when justice and piety were almost lost.

ヘシオドスの記述では、人類の道徳的衰退は鉄器時代に頂点に達し、正義と敬虔さはほとんど失われていた。

意味（1）

(mythology) The most recent and debased of the four or five classical Ages of Man; hence, any period characterized by wicked behavior.

He that shall examine this iron age wherein we live, where love is cold […] may well ask where is charity?

意味（2）

An age characterized by the use of iron.

意味（3）

(archaeology) A level of culture in which humans used iron and the technology of ironworking. (Estimated to have begun in Europe about 1100BC)