the stone age
the stone age — 名詞
1. the earliest long period in human culture, lasting hundreds of thousands of year
石器時代
人類以石器為主要工具的史前時期
the earliest long period in human culture, lasting hundreds of thousands of years, during which people made tools and weapons from stone instead of metal.
Dr. Nakamura uncovered a Stone Age village in Portugal with stone tools on hut floors.
Nakamura 博士在葡萄牙發掘出一座石器時代的村落，石製工具留在茅屋地板上。
collocation: uncover a Stone Age [site/village]
Jisoo's class visited a museum to see tools that people used during the Stone Age.
Jisoo 的班級參觀了博物館，觀看石器時代人們使用的工具。
collocation: during the Stone Age
Archaeologists discovered a Stone Age settlement buried under layers of soil near the river.
考古學家在河邊的土層下發現了一處石器時代的聚落遺址。
Most evidence about life in the Stone Age comes from cave paintings and buried bones.
關於石器時代生活的大部分證據來自洞穴壁畫和埋藏的骨骸。
Benjamin explained that the Stone Age is divided into three parts: the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.
Benjamin 解釋說，石器時代分為三個階段：舊石器時代、中石器時代和新石器時代。
- the bronze age
the period that followed the Stone Age, when metal tools first appeared
- the iron age
the later period when iron became the main material for tools and weapons
文法句型
the + Stone + Age
用法筆記
Always written with initial capitals as 'Stone Age'. Usually preceded by 'the' ('the Stone Age'). Can be used as a noun phrase or as a modifier before another noun ('Stone Age tools', 'Stone Age people').