postglacial

IPA/ˌpəʊstˈɡleɪ.si.əl/
IPA/ˌpoʊstˈɡleɪ.ʃəl/

postglacial — adjective

  • postglacialpositive
  • more postglacialcomparative
  • most postglacialsuperlative

1. relating to the time after the most recent ice age on Earth, when the large ice

1.形容詞C1
釋義

relating to the time after the most recent ice age on Earth, when the large ice sheets melted and the climate became warmer.

例句

The landscape still shows clear signs of postglacial changes, such as deep valleys and wide lakes.

attributive use before nouns describing geological features

Geologists study postglacial sediments to understand how the climate warmed after the ice sheets retreated.

postglacial + noun: sediments, climate, rebound

同義詞
  • post-ice-age

    less formal, used mainly in popular science writing rather than academic geology

  • interglacial

    refers to a warm period between two glacial periods within an ice age, whereas 'postglacial' follows the last glacial period

反義詞
  • glacial

    refers to the cold period when ice sheets were advancing, rather than the warmer period after they retreated

  • pre-glacial

    refers to the time before the glacial period began

用法筆記

Frequently used attributively (before a noun) in academic geology and climate science texts. The noun it modifies is usually a geological feature, sediment, climate event, or biological development.

常見錯誤

❌The postglacial era started 2 million years ago.
✅The postglacial period began roughly 11,700 years ago, after the last ice age ended.
💡'postglacial' refers to the time after the most recent glacial period, not to earlier ice ages.