Cenozoic
英語
編輯其他形式
編輯詞源
編輯ceno- + -zoic,源自古希臘語 καινός (kainós, 「新的」) + ζωή (zōḗ, 「生命」)
發音
編輯- (英國) 國際音標(幫助): /ˌkeɪnəʊˈzəʊɪk/, /ˌsɛnɵˈzəʊɪk/, /ˌsiːnɵˈzəʊɪk/
- (美國) 國際音標(幫助): /ˌkɛnɵˈzoʊɪk/, /ˌsɛnɵˈzoʊɪk/, /ˌsinɵˈzoʊɪk/
- 韻部:-əʊɪk
在20世紀前僅有帶/k/的發音。帶/s/的發音在20世紀50年代前都被認為不正確[1],現在仍有一些使用者認為不正確。
形容詞
編輯Cenozoic (無比較級)
專有名詞
編輯Cenozoic
- (地質學) 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,
參考資料
編輯- ↑ W. E. Flood, "The Pronunciation of Scientific Terms", in The New Scientist, 28 November 1957.