Pleistocene

n. 更新世, 更新世岩

发音

其它 /ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn/
US /ˈplaɪstəˌsiːn/

别名

Ps

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a geologic epoch within the Quaternary period from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago (earlier definition 1.7 million to 11,000 years ago); marked by the evolution of man, and the extinction of the large mammals.

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name
  1. 1.

    The Pleistocene epoch.

    更新世

    地质

词源

From Ancient Greek πλεῖστος (pleîstos, “most”) and καινός (kainós, “new”), meaning “newest”, coined by Charles Lyell in 1839. By surface analysis, containing the suffix -cene.

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