释义
adj.
Geology of, relating to, or denoting the second epoch of the Tertiary period, between the Palaeocene and Oligocene epochs
【地质】 (与)始新世(有关)的。
[as noun the Eocene]the Eocene epoch or the system of rocks deposited during it
始新世;始新世岩石。
词源
"mid 19th cent.: from Greek ēōs ‘dawn' + kainos ‘new’."