1640s, "act of freezing," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin glaciare "to freeze," deom glacies "ice" (see glacial). Geological sense of "presence of a mass of ice covering a region" is from 1863.
双语例句
1. Pleistocene glaciation caused the extinction of many species.
第四纪冰期,使许多物种绝灭.
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2. 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.
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3. A comparatively short period of warmth during an overall period of glaciation.
'间'.''冰期完整冰川运动期间一个相对较短的温暖''.'期'. ''.
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4. Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe.
阿加西斯发现了整个北欧的冰川标志.
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5. IS THERE REALLY QUATERNARY GLACIATION ON LUSHAN?