cretaceous

英[krɪ'teɪʃəs] 美[krɪ'teɪʃəs]
  • adj. 白垩的;白垩纪的
  • n. 白垩纪;白垩系
  • creamcups n.一种罂粟科的植物
  • creamer n.植脂末;奶油分离器;奶油壶;制奶油的人
  • creamery n.奶油干酪厂;奶油公司;牛奶
  • creamily adv.奶油似地;温柔地
  • creaminess n.乳脂状的;含乳脂的;乳脂色的
Noun:
  1. from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants

Adjective:
  1. abounding in chalk

  2. of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era

1. Only in the tropics were numerous late Cretaceous groups extinguished during peaks in their evolution.
只是热带地区才有大批晚白垩纪生物类群正值其演化的极盛时期突然消亡.

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2. The Cretaceous extinction was like a terrible streak of bad luck lasting millions of years.
白垩纪的生物绝灭,犹如一场持续千百万年的可怕厄运.

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3. Liupanshan Cretaceous basin is a mono - basin of Liupanshan inland overlapping basin.
六盘山白垩纪盆地是六盘山内陆叠合盆地的一个单型盆地.

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4. The story takes place 6500 years ago in the Cretaceous period.
故事发生在6500万年前的白垩纪晚期.

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5. So the researchers resorted to some techniques out of a Cretaceous CSI.
所以科学家只能借助于《犯罪现场调查:白垩纪篇》用到的技术.

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    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The story takes place 6500 years ago in the late Cretaceous period.
      故事发生在6500万年前的白垩纪晚期。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. From the Cretaceous, Tarim basin began the new evolutional stage of foreland basin.
      从白垩纪初期开始

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