Cenozoic
英语
编辑其他形式
编辑词源
编辑ceno- + -zoic，源自古希腊语 καινός (kainós, “新的”) + ζωή (zōḗ, “生命”)
发音
编辑- (英国) 国际音标(帮助): /ˌkeɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk/, /ˌsɛnɵˈzəʊɪk/, /ˌsiːnɵˈzəʊɪk/
- (美国) 国际音标(帮助): /ˌkɛnɵˈzoʊɪk/, /ˌsɛnɵˈzoʊɪk/, /ˌsinɵˈzoʊɪk/
- 韵部：-əʊɪk
在20世纪前仅有带/k/的发音。带/s/的发音在20世纪50年代前都被认为不正确[1]，现在仍有一些使用者认为不正确。
形容词
编辑Cenozoic (无比较级)
专有名词
编辑Cenozoic
- (地质学) 新生代
- 1883, Joseph Le Conte, Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader, D. Appleton and Company, New York,
- The whole history of the earth is divided into five eras, with corresponding rock-systems. These are: 1. Archæan or Eozoic1 era, embodied in the Laurentian system; 2. Palæozoic2 era, embodied in the Palæozoic or Primary system; 3. Mesozoic3 era, recorded in the Secondary system; 4. Cenozoic,4 recorded in the Tertiary and Quaternary systems; and, 5. The Psychozoic era, or era of Mind, recorded in the recent system.
- 2019年9月10日, Katherine Kornei, “A New Timeline of the Day the Dinosaurs Began to Die Out”, 出自 The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- The researchers found that the first day of the Cenozoic was peppered with cataclysms. When the asteroid struck, it temporarily carved a hole 60 miles across and 20 miles deep.
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- 1883, Joseph Le Conte, Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader, D. Appleton and Company, New York,
参考资料
编辑- ↑ W. E. Flood, "The Pronunciation of Scientific Terms", in The New Scientist, 28 November 1957.
