glacial period

Ice age refers to the latest glacial epoch.

冰河时期指的是最近的一个冰川时期。

they survived the last ice age;

在最后一个冰河时期绿海龟也幸存下来；

These animals died off shortly after the Ice Age came to an end.

冰河时期结束后, 这些动物很快就灭绝了。

During the last Ice Age, this range was scoured by glaciers until most of it was beneath the sea.

在上一个冰河时期，这些山脉被冰河冲刷侵蚀，直到大部分山脉被淹没在海中。

However, some of the sun's thermal energy will get trough so you won't have to experience an“ Ice Age.

然而，一些太阳的热能量得以通过，因此你将不必经历“冰河时期。

If an ice-age love poem written to a tiny flower were hidden under a big tree, of what emotions would it speak?

如果一封尘封在大树底下，来自冰河时期的献给小花的一首情诗，将诉说什麽样的情感？

the glacial period [ age, era, epoch ]

冰河时代, 冰河期

These ice ages are also called glaciations and the periods of relative warmth between them are called interglacials.

这些冰期也叫冰河期，在各冰期间的相对温暖时期就叫间冰期。

Occurring between glacial epochs.

间冰期的发生于冰河时代之间的

The river was covered with ice for a space.

这条河曾短期结冰。

Children like skating on the river when it freezes in winter.

冬晶河水结冰时孩子喜欢在上面滑冰。

The nomads who made these markings lived by hunting and fishing during the last Ice Age.

作出这些刻记的游牧人，依靠狩猎和捕鱼生活在冰河时代的晚期。

Although building of glaciers is slow, once an ice sheet begins to collapse, its demise can be spectacularly rapid.

虽然冰河的形成很慢，但是一旦冰原开始瓦解，冰河的死期就不远了。

Relating to or occurring during the time following a glacial period.

冰期后的与冰期后的时期有关的，或在冰期后的时期里发生的

When the river freezes over, we can walk across on the ice.

河流结冻时, 我们可以踏冰穿过河面。

These correspond to the most dramatic warming periods in Earth's recent history, when glacial eras gave way to more moderate temperatures.

这与地球近期历史上的两次戏剧性变暖相吻合：那时冰河期过去，地球开始变得温暖。

Characterized or dominated by the existence of glaciers.Used of a geologic epoch.

冰河期有冰川存在特征的或由冰川的存在而控制的。用于地质纪元

Two thirds of the continent is covered in ice during glacial period.

该大陆的三分之二地区在冰河时代被冰覆盖著。