glaciation
英 [ˌgleɪsiˈeɪʃn] 美 [ˌɡleɪsiˈeɪʃn]

n.

冻结成冰，冰河作用；

变形

复数：glaciations

英英释义

glaciation[ ,ɡleisi'eiʃən ]

• n.
  • the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action

    "Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe"

  • the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. These hills were formed by glaciation.
   这些山丘是冰川作用形成的。
2. The Great Lakes basins were excavated by the ice, and many present landforms are the result of this continental glaciation.
   五大湖盆地都是冰挖掘出来的，如今许多现有地形都是这种大陆冰川作用的结果。
3. Pleistocene glaciation caused the extinction of many species.
   第四纪冰期，使许多物种绝灭。

权威例句

Glaciers and Glaciation
The Initiation of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation
Rapid Cenozoic glaciation of Antarctica induced by declining atmospheric CO2.
Late Proterozoic Low-Latitude Global Glaciation: The Snowball Earth
On the structure and origin of major glaciation cycles 2. The 100,000‐year cycle
Rapid stepwise onset of Antarctic glaciation and deeper calcite compensation in the Pacific Ocean
Cenozoic evolution of Antarctic glaciation the circum-Antarctic Ocean and their impact on global paleoceanography
Oxygen isotope calibration of the onset of ice-rafting and history of glaciation in the North Atlantic
Correlation between climate events in the North Atlantic and China during the last glaciation
Iceberg discharges into the north atlantic on millennial time scales during the last glaciation.