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Ice Age

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈIce Age noun [countable]  SHPERIOD OF TIMEone of the long periods of time, thousands of years ago, when ice covered many northern countries 冰川期,冰河时代
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Ice AgeIt could seize up Washington harder than another Ice Age.A volcano has even been blamed for speeding up the onset of the last Ice Age.As the Ice Age passed and the earth warmed, the glaciers, year by year, retreated.Global sea level was 120 metres below the present level during the Ice Age.But once the snow arrives, the technology of getting rid of it is little changed from the Ice Age.And a secret unravelled ... the bones that solve the mystery of the Ice Age.The shot immediately holds your interest, perhaps because our ancestors right back to the Ice Age were great walkers.
ˈIce Age nounChineseSyllable
of of long Corpus years the of ago, one periods time, thousands


Ice Age
ˈIce Age noun [countable]
one of the long periods of time, thousands of years ago, when ice covered many northern countries


ice ageBrE /ˈaɪs eɪdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈaɪs eɪdʒ/ 🔊 (often the Ice Age) nounone of the long periods of time, thousands of years ago, when much of the earth's surface was covered in ice 冰期;冰川期;冰河时代