glaciation
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gla·ci·a·tion /ˌɡleɪsiˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] technical HESGthe process in which land is covered by glaciers, or the effect this process has 冰蚀；冰川作用
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glaciation• Which of these landscape features, produced by glaciation, are shown on the photograph or on the map?• Both polar regions show evidence of more extensive glaciation in the recent past.• This was a brief episode of climatic amelioration after the last glaciation.• The advance and retreat of the last glaciation caused sea-level changes to take place there very recently, in geological terms.• Some of his best work, on glaciation and on Old Red Sandstone, was done in his spare time.• All this, of course, is during a time of exaggerated relief following the Pleistocene glaciation.• Certain Martian surface features have been interpreted as evidence of ancient ocean beds and widespread glaciation.• There were at least six cold periods with glaciation somewhere on the earth.gla·ci·a·tion nounChineseSyllable
the which glaciers, in process Corpus covered is or the land by
glaciation
gla‧ci‧a‧tion /ˌɡleɪsiˈeɪʃən/
noun [uncountable] technical
the process in which land is covered by glaciers, or the effect this process has
gla‧ci‧a‧tion /ˌɡleɪsiˈeɪʃən/
noun [uncountable] technicalthe process in which land is covered by glaciers, or the effect this process has