1640s, "act of freezing," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin glaciare "to freeze," deom glacies "ice" (see glacial). Geological sense of "presence of a mass of ice covering a region" is from 1863.
权威例句
1. Pleistocene glaciation caused the extinction of many species.
第四纪冰期,使许多物种绝灭.
2. During the Pleistocene Ice Age , the ancient drainage systems were almost completely rearranged by glaciation.
在更新世冰期, 古水系常被冰川作用完全改造.
3. A comparatively short period of warmth during an overall period of glaciation.
'间'.''冰期完整冰川运动期间一个相对较短的温暖''.'期'. ''.
4. Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe.
阿加西斯发现了整个北欧的冰川标志.
5. IS THERE REALLY QUATERNARY GLACIATION ON LUSHAN?