ice age
A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere,…A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
» It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
Der Säbelzahntiger ist während der Eiszeit ausgestorben.
Саблезубые тигры вымерли во время ледникового периода.
Значение
значений: 2A period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence of major polar ice sheets that reach the ocean and calve icebergs.
The earth is currently in the Late Cenozoic Ice Age, an ice age that began 33.9 million years ago with the Antarctic Ice Cap.
(разговорное)Any of several glacial periods (within a scientific ice age) marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth (interglacial).
Eiszeit, Eiszeitalter, Glazial
леднико́вый пери́одlednikóvyj períod, обледене́ниеobledenénije, оледене́ниеoledenénije
льодовико́ва е́раlʹodovykóva éra, льодовико́вий пері́одlʹodovykóvyj períod
- any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface
Примеры
предложений: 6It was during the ice age that the saber-toothed tiger became extinct.
Саблезубые тигры вымерли во время ледникового периода. — GranD
deDer Säbelzahntiger ist während der Eiszeit ausgestorben. — samueldora
The Ice Age was a time when woolly mammoths roamed the Earth.
Ледниковый период был временем, когда по Земле бродили волосатые мамонты. — Selena777
deDie Eiszeit war eine Ära, da Wollhaarmammuts auf Erden wandelten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Did you ever hear of the Ice Age?
If the Earth went into an Ice Age next month, how would you prepare?
There may have been as many as four different Ice Ages in the past.
deEs könnte in der Vergangenheit bis zu vier Eiszeiten gegeben haben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Переводы
языков: 9Происхождение
Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit.Perhaps a calque of German Eiszeit.
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Формы
мн. число: ice agesСинонимы
синонимов: 2- any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface:glacial periodglacial epoch