glaciation
冰川作用
常用释义
英音[ ˌɡleɪsiˈeɪʃn ]
美音[ ˌɡleɪʃiˈeɪʃn ]
基本释义
- n. [地质] 冰川作用；冻结成冰
例句
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1·The problem with ascribing all tillites to glaciation, however, is that tillite deposits are widespread in Precambrian sediments.然而，使所有的黑土形成冰川作用的问题是，在前寒武纪沉积物中广泛分布有黑土。
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2·An increasingly attractive theory holds that decreases in atmospheric carbon dioxide start the cooling trend that leads to glaciation.一个越来越有吸引力的理论认为，大气中二氧化碳的减少引发降温趋势，这趋势导致冰川作用。
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3·Eventually, Agassiz and others convinced geologists and the general public that a great continental glaciation had extended the polar ice caps far into regions that now enjoy temperate climates.最后，阿加西和其他人说服了地质学家和普通大众，一个巨大的大陆冰川作用已经把极地冰帽延伸到了现在享受温带气候的地区。
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4·These hills were formed by glaciation.这些山丘是冰川作用形成的。来源: 《牛津词典》
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5·Astronomical cycles have an effect on Earth's climate even during periods when there is no glaciation.即使在没有冰川的时期，天文周期也会对地球的气候产生影响。
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6·We now know the age of the glaciation accurately from radiometric dating of the carbon-14 in logs buried in the drift.我们现在通过测量掩埋在漂流物中木头放射性的碳-14元素，以精确地确定冰川作用的时期。
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7·It was apparent that the glaciation occurred in the relatively recent past because the drift was soft, like freshly deposited sediment.很明显冰川作用就发生在相对不远的过去，因为漂流物很软，像新鲜的沉积物。
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8·Yet Rampino and others question one of the traditionalists' basic assumption: the periodic occurrence of glaciation throughout Earth's history.然而，兰皮诺和其他人对传统主义者的一个基本假设提出了质疑：在整个地球历史中，冰川期是周期性发生的。
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9·Glaciation, Young claims, has occurred throughout Earth's history, and there is evidence that it occurred toward the end off the Permian period.杨说，冰川作用在地球的整个发展历史中都有发生，有证据表明它发生在二叠纪末期。
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10·The drift of the last glaciation was deposited during one of the most recent epochs of geologic time, the Pleistocene, which lasted from 1.8 million to 10,000 years ago.最后一次冰川作用的漂浮物沉积在最近的其中一个地质时期——更新世，这段时期从180万年前持续到1万年前。
同根词
词根：
glacier
glaciated
adj
受到冰河作用的；冻结成冰的
glacially
adv
冰川地
glacier
n
冰河，冰川
glaciated
v
被冰冻盖（glaciate的过去分词）
glaciate
vt
使冰冻；被冰冻盖；使受冰川作用