Azoic
[ә'zәuik]
解释:
(adj.) before the appearance of life; 'azoic rocks contain not organic remains' .
迦勒编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was no animal life on the globe; as, the azoic. rocks.
埃伦校对
解释:
adj. without life: before the existence of animal life: formed when there was no animal life on the globe as rocks.
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例句:
- They are frequently called _Azoic_ (lifeless) Rocks. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Even in the Azoic or Arch?ozoic Age there are traces in ice-worn rocks and the like of periods of intense cold. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- This is pure guessing, of course, and there is at least an equal probability that in the time of formation of the Azoic Rocks, life had not yet begun. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Overlying or overlapping these Azoic or Arch?ozoic rocks come others, manifestly also very ancient and worn, which do contain traces of life. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
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