cretaceously

英[krɪ'teɪʃəs] 美[krɪ'teɪʃəs]
  • adj.白垩的;白垩纪的n.白垩纪;白垩系
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

    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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