interglacial
/ˌɪn.təˈɡleɪ.si.əl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈɡleɪ.ʃəl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌin-tər-ˈglā-shəl/ (ame, mw)
interglacial — 形容詞
- interglacialpositive
- more interglacialcomparative
- most interglacialsuperlative
1. describing a span of milder climate that falls between two ice ages, when glacie
間冰期的
兩次冰河期之間較溫暖時期的
describing a span of milder climate that falls between two ice ages, when glaciers retreat and global temperatures rise.
Ife's geology professor explained how interglacial conditions allowed forests to spread across northern Europe.
Ife 的地質學教授說明了間冰期的氣候條件如何讓森林擴散到歐洲北部。
attributive: interglacial + conditions
The current interglacial period began about 11,700 years ago and supports nearly all human civilization.
目前的間冰期約在一萬一千七百年前開始，支撐了幾乎所有的人類文明。
collocation: interglacial period
Padma analyzed pollen samples to date an interglacial phase that lasted roughly fifteen thousand years.
Padma 分析花粉樣本，為一段持續約一萬五千年的間冰期階段定年。
Sea levels rose sharply during the last interglacial stage, drowning many low-lying coastal plains.
上一次的間冰期階段海平面急遽上升，淹沒了許多低窪的沿岸平原。
Climate scientists at the Stockholm conference debated whether modern warming will shorten this interglacial epoch.
斯德哥爾摩會議上的氣候科學家辯論現代暖化是否會縮短這個間冰期。
- interstadial
shorter, milder warm phase WITHIN a single ice age; not a full interglacial
- postglacial
specifically after a glacial period; one-directional, while 'interglacial' implies a warm span flanked by cold ones
- glacial
describing the cold ice-age periods that bracket an interglacial
文法句型
interglacial + noun (period / climate / phase / stage)
用法筆記
Almost always used attributively before a time-span noun (period, phase, stage, epoch, climate). Rare in everyday speech; appears mainly in geology, paleoclimate, and earth-science writing.
常見錯誤
interglacial — 名詞
- interglacialsingular
- interglacialsplural
1. a long span of milder climate sitting between two ice ages, usually lasting ten
間冰期
兩次冰河期之間的溫暖階段
a long span of milder climate sitting between two ice ages, usually lasting ten thousand to thirty thousand years.
Maeve's research team is mapping how plants migrated north during the previous interglacial.
Maeve 的研究團隊正在繪製植物在上一個間冰期期間如何往北遷移。
countable: the previous interglacial
Ice cores from Greenland record at least eight interglacials over the past eight hundred thousand years.
格陵蘭冰芯記錄了過去八十萬年內至少有八個間冰期。
plural use: count of separate warm spans
Hamza wrote his thesis on sea-level rise during the last interglacial, known as the Eemian.
Hamza 的論文主題是上一個間冰期（也就是艾木間冰期）期間的海平面上升。
The current interglacial, called the Holocene, has lasted nearly twelve thousand years so far.
目前的間冰期稱為全新世，至今已經持續了將近一萬兩千年。
Talia compared fossil pollen from two interglacials to see which plant species returned earliest.
Talia 比較兩個間冰期的化石花粉，看哪些植物物種最早回歸。
- interglacial period
fuller phrase; the noun 'interglacial' is essentially shorthand for this
- warm period
general term; less precise — does not imply being flanked by ice ages
文法句型
the/an + interglacial
during/within + interglacial
用法筆記
Always countable. Often paired with a specific name (the Holocene, the Eemian) or a positional qualifier (the last / previous / current interglacial). Distinguished from the adjective sense by appearing as a standalone noun phrase, not before another noun.