冰期 meaning in English
[地质学] ice age; glacial period; glacial epoch (出现大规模冰川的时期)
Examples
- Pleistocene glaciation caused the extinction of many species .
第四纪冰期，使许多物种绝灭。 - 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。 - The climap team also estimated how much ice covered the land and seas during the wisconsin ice age .
CLIMAP小组还估算了在威斯康星冰期覆盖大陆和海面的冰量有多大。 - The ice sheets that cover greenland and antarctica now are remnants of this and previous ice ages .
现在覆盖着格陵兰和南极的冰盖就是上述冰块和以前几次冰期的遗留物。 - These ice ages are also called glaciations and the periods of relative warmth between them are called interglacials .
这些冰期也叫冰河期，在各冰期间的相对温暖时期就叫间冰期。