postglacial

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

postglacial — 形容詞

  • postglacialpositive
  • more postglacialcomparative
  • most postglacialsuperlative

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

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釋義

冰河期後的

冰河時期結束後出現或發生的

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.

這片地貌至今仍清楚展現冰河期後的變化痕跡，例如深邃的山谷和寬闊的湖泊。

attributive use before nouns describing geological features

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

地質學家研究冰河期後的沉積物，以了解冰層消退後氣候如何變暖。

postglacial + noun: sediments, climate, rebound

常見搭配
  • postglacial period
  • postglacial rebound
  • postglacial climate
  • postglacial sediments
  • postglacial lakes
  • postglacial vegetation
  • postglacial sea-level rise
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.

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常用片語

  • during the postglacial period
  • postglacial changes in [feature]