"devonian" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 泥盆纪

Definition

泥盆纪是地球历史上的一个时期，大约发生在4.19亿到3.59亿年前，以早期鱼类和最早陆生植物的出现而著名。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

主要用于地质或古生物学领域。指时间时期时首字母需大写。可以名词或形容词形式使用，日常生活中很少用到。

Examples

The Devonian period came after the Silurian period.

**泥盆纪**时期在志留纪之后。

Many fish species appeared during the Devonian.

在**泥盆纪**时期出现了许多鱼类。

Fossils from the Devonian have been found in this area.

在这个地区发现了**泥盆纪**的化石。

Those cliffs are made of Devonian limestone, which is over 350 million years old.

那些悬崖由**泥盆纪**石灰岩构成，已有三亿五千万年以上的历史。

The Devonian is sometimes called the 'Age of Fishes' because of the diversity of fish.

**泥盆纪**有时被称为“鱼的时代”，因为鱼类非常多样。

You can tell those rocks are Devonian by the kinds of fossils inside them.

通过里面的化石种类可以看出这些岩石是**泥盆纪**的。