| 单词 | littorina transgression |
| 释义 | > as lemmasLittorina transgression 2. Littorina sea n. (also Litorina sea) the Baltic sea at the end of the Boreal period. Also Littorina beach, Littorina minimum, Littorina period, Littorina stage, Littorina transgression (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > specific seas > [noun] > Baltic Sea East SeaOE North SeaOE Baltic1720 Littorina sea1921 1921 R. A. S. Macalister Text-bk. European Archæol. I. ii. 43 The Baltic Sea became of much the same configuration as at present, but rather larger in extent and more salt; the name given to this stage of its history, once more derived from the name of its mollusc, is Littorina Sea. The greatest depression of this phase of land-movement may be called the Littorina Minimum. The Littorina period is also known as the Tapes period. 1928 C. Dawson Age of Gods iii. 48 The climate of Scandinavia became much warmer, owing perhaps to a change in the ocean currents... This is the Litorina stage, named after the periwinkle which now inhabited the warmer waters of the Baltic. 1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine iii. 62 Pottery came into use in an early phase, scarcely later than about 4500 b.c., at the height of the Litorina period. 1954 S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures Brit. Isles i. 2 The Litorina Transgression of the Baltic. 1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation i. 26 Corresponding to the Calaisian are the Littorina beaches. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。