1640s, "act of freezing," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin glaciare "to freeze," deom glacies "ice" (see glacial). Geological sense of "presence of a mass of ice covering a region" is from 1863.
雙語例句
1. Pleistocene glaciation caused the extinction of many species.
第四紀冰期,使許多物種絕滅.
來自辭典例句
2. During the Pleistocene Ice Age , the ancient drainage systems were almost completely rearranged by glaciation.
在更新世冰期, 古水系常被冰川作用完全改造.
來自辭典例句
3. A comparatively short period of warmth during an overall period of glaciation.
'間'.''冰期完整冰川運動期間一個相對較短的溫暖''.'期'. ''.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe.
阿加西斯發(fā)現(xiàn)了整個北歐的冰川標志.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. IS THERE REALLY QUATERNARY GLACIATION ON LUSHAN?