| 释义 |
-cene -cenesuff. Recent. Used in names of geological periods: Oligocene.
[From Greek kainos, new; see ken- in Indo-European roots.]-cene adj combining form, n combining form (Geological Science) denoting a recent geological period: Miocene. [from Greek kainos new]-cene a combining form used in the names of the geologic epochs that comprise the Cenozoic era: Pleistocene. [< Greek koinós new, recent; compare Cenozoic] |