音标:[kri'teiʃәs] ;
a. 白垩系的, 白垩纪的
n. 白垩纪, 白垩系
n. from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
a. abounding in chalk
a. of or relating to or denoting the third period of the Mesozoic era
词型变化:名词复数形式 : cretaceouss
词性分布:
形容词100%

cretaceous的用法和样例:

例句

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

词汇搭配

  • cretaceous白垩的
  • cretaceous oil白垩纪石油
  • cretaceous period白垩纪
  • cretaceous oils白垩纪石油
  • the cretaceous白垩纪或其岩石...
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