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单词 Eolithic
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Definition of Eolithic in English:

Eolithic

adjectiveˌiːə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪkˌēəˈliTHik
Archaeology dated
  • 1Relating to or denoting a period at the beginning of the Stone Age, preceding the Palaeolithic and characterized by the earliest crude stone tools.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By 1869 his scheme for European prehistory was fairly well elaborated and included: the Thenasian (for the now obsolete Eolithic), Chellean, Mousterian, Solutrean, Aurignacian, Magdalenian, and Robenhausian.
    1. 1.1as noun the Eolithic The Eolithic period.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French éolithique, from Greek ēōs 'dawn' + lithikos (from lithos 'stone').

Rhymes

megalithic, Mesolithic, monolithic, mythic, neolithic, Palaeolithic (US Paleolithic)
 
 

Definition of Eolithic in US English:

Eolithic

adjectiveˌēəˈliTHik
Archaeology dated
  • 1Relating to or denoting a period at the beginning of the Stone Age, preceding the Paleolithic and characterized by the earliest crude stone tools.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • By 1869 his scheme for European prehistory was fairly well elaborated and included: the Thenasian (for the now obsolete Eolithic), Chellean, Mousterian, Solutrean, Aurignacian, Magdalenian, and Robenhausian.
    1. 1.1as noun the Eolithic The Eolithic period.

Origin

Late 19th century: from French éolithique, from Greek ēōs ‘dawn’ + lithikos (from lithos ‘stone’).

 
 
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