单词 | post-pleistocene |
释义 | > as lemmaspost-Pleistocene post-Pleistocene adj. Brit. /(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈplʌɪstəsiːn/ , U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈplaɪstəˌsin/ ΚΠ 1892 Science 9 Dec. 332/2 At one place the materials in the margin of the terrane appear to have been beautifully sorted in Pleistocene or post-Pleistocene time. 1937 A. D. Howard Hist. Grand Canyon of Yellowstone ii. 104 The dense forest cover makes it impossible to say whether or not the gorge is a post-Pleistocene trench in the floor of a larger depression. 2003 New Yorker (Nexis) 15 Dec. 71 In the eleven miles between Cromwell's Falls and Amoskeag Falls, in Manchester, the Merrimack ran (and still runs) on its post-Pleistocene gradient, white in its bouldered rapids. < as lemmas |
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