| 词汇 | ice-age |
| 释义 | ice age noun[ C ] uk /ˈaɪs ˌeɪdʒ/ us /ˈaɪs ˌeɪdʒ/ a time in the past when the temperature was very cold and glaciers (= large masses of ice) covered large parts of the earth冰河时代，冰川期，冰期 Synonym glacial periodspecialized Prehistory anatosaurus apatosaurus Australopithecus brachiosaurus broch henge Holocene ichthyosaur iguanodon Jurassic Phanerozoic pictograph Pleistocene Pliocene post-glacial raptor Silurian standing stone stegosaurus stone-age Examples of ice ageice age Many of the principles outlined apply also to earlier ice sheets, so even readers not interested in the last iceage specifically will find much of value. Secrets of a tropical iceage. After the last iceage, sea levels rose when the ice melted and many cities and villages were flooded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know so little about the weather and the little iceage of the 17th century concluded with a period of exceptionally low solar activity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not in an iceage at the moment and according to the best estimates it will not return for another 4,000 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not be too frightened of it; otherwise we might have been frozen in the iceage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I firmly believe that we are entering a new iceage as regards the resources of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last iceage came incredibly quickly—that is proven geologically—and we are talking about actual time, not geological time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Scientists have predicted that in perhaps 5,000 years we shall enter another iceage, which would not reach its furthest extent for another 60,000 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the iceage had occurred over a long perod of time, would not the mammoths have drifted south? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For seven months, there was an 'iceage'. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In the 1970s, after three decades of global cooling, there was a consensus amongst scientists that we were facing a new iceage. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is the northernmost part of the hemisphere that relates back to the iceage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are, in truth, privileged to be fashioning, after the iceage of no change in these areas, a true modern constitutional resettlement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whether we are, as he suggested, entering another iceage is a matter for debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of ice age These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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