Holocene

a. & n.[地]全新世(的),全新统(的)

发音

其它 /ˈhɒl.əˌsiːn/

词形变化

the Holocene

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about the year 10 000 BC to the present; the age of man.

    全新世

    地质

    Meronym: Anthropocene

name
  1. 1.

    The Holocene epoch.

    全新世

    地质

词源

From French Holocène, based on holo- (“whole”) + Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “fresh, new”). Coined to replace the earlier (1833) label Recent, formally submitted in 1867 and officially endorsed in 1969. The concept is that this epoch is entirely (wholly) new. By surface analysis, holo- + -cene.

来源：wiktionary