ice age
ice age — noun
1. a very long stretch of the distant past when the world grew so cold that thick s
a very long stretch of the distant past when the world grew so cold that thick sheets of ice spread across much of the land
During the last ice age, thick ice buried most of northern Europe.
during the last ice age — fixed time-reference pattern
Haruto explained that woolly mammoths walked the frozen plains throughout the ice age.
Scientists drill into Antarctic ice to study the climate of each ice age.
The valley near Reema's village was carved by a glacier during an early ice age.
Many large animals died out as the planet warmed at the end of the ice age.
- glacial period
the technical term scientists prefer for the same span of time
- glaciation
more formal; can also name the process of ice spreading, not only the era
- interglacial
the warmer gap between two ice ages
文法句型
the last ice age
during an ice age
用法筆記
Often used with 'the last' or 'the' to point at the most recent glacial period; with 'an' or a plural when talking about the several such periods in Earth's history.